Functional characterization of a delta 6-desaturase gene from the black seabream (Acanthopagrus schlegeli)

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1185-1193

  Kim, Sun Hee ^a   Kim, Jong Bum ^a   Kim, So Yun ^a   Roh, Kyung Hee ^a   Kim, Hyun Uk ^a   Lee, Kyeong Ryeol ^a   Jang, Yo Soon ^b   Kwon, Mi ^c   Park, Jong Sug ^a  

^a National Institute of Animal Science   (South Korea)

^b Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

^c Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acanthopagrus schlegeli; Delta 6 desaturase; Polyunsaturated fatty acids; Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOPAGRUS SCHLEGELI; ARACHIDONIC ACIDS; DELTA 6-DESATURASE; DESATURASE; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; ENZYMATIC ACTIVITIES; FULL-LENGTH CDNA; FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION; LINOLENIC ACIDS; N-3 FATTY ACIDS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEABREAM;

ANIMALS; GENES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS; YEAST;

LINOLEIC ACID;

LINOLEOYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; PRIMER DNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERCIFORMES; PHYLOGENY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; LINOLEOYL-COA DESATURASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PERCIFORMES; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ACANTHOPAGRUS SCHLEGELII; ANIMALIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPONDYLIOSOMA CANTHARUS;

EID: 79955934049     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-011-0555-2     Document Type: Article

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