Molecular cloning and expression analysis of a delta 6-fatty acid desaturase gene from Rhizopus stolonifer strain YF6 which can accumulate high levels of gamma-linolenic acid

Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 151-154

  Wan, Xia ^a,b   Zhang, Yinbo ^a   Wang, Ping ^a   Jiang, Mulan ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b Key Laboratory of Oil Crop Biology of the Ministry of Agriculture   (China)

Author keywords

desaturase; gamma linolenic acid; Rhizopus stolonifer

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; LINOLEOYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OPEN READING FRAME; PICHIA; RHIZOPUS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, FUNGAL; GAMMA-LINOLENIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION; LINOLEOYL-COA DESATURASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PICHIA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RHIZOPUS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

PICHIA PASTORIS; RHIZOPUS; RHIZOPUS STOLONIFER;

EID: 79952215337     PISSN: 12258873     EISSN: 12258873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12275-011-0254-7     Document Type: Article

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