Isolation of three novel long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid δ9-elongases and the transgenic assembly of the entire Pavlova salina docosahexaenoic acid pathway in Nicotiana benthamiana

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 917-925

  Petrie, James R ^a   Mackenzie, Anne M ^a   Shrestha, Pushkar ^a   Liu, Qing ^a   Frampton, Dion F ^a   Robert, Stan S ^a   Singh, Surinder P ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

; 9 elongase; DHA; Emiliania huxleyi; Omega 3; Pavlova pinguis; Pavlova salina

Indexed keywords

EMBRYOPHYTA; EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; HAPTOPHYCEAE; NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA; PAVLOVA PINGUIS; PAVLOVA SALINA;

EID: 77957309007     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2010.00870.x     Document Type: Article

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