Detection of genes involved in fatty acid elongation and desaturation in thraustochytrid marine eukaryotes

Journal of Oleo Science

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 475-481

  Nagano, Naoki ^a   Sakaguchi, Keishi ^b   Taoka, Yousuke ^c   Okita, Yuji ^c   Honda, Daiske ^d   Ito, Makoto ^b   Hayashi, Masahiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NIPPON SUISAN KAISHA LTD   (Japan)

^d KONAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Desaturase; Elongase; Polyunsaturated fatty acid; Thraustochytrids

Indexed keywords

AURANTIOCHYTRIUM; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAY; DEGENERATE PRIMERS; DESATURASE; DESATURATION; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ELONGASE; FATTY ACID PROFILES; GENES ENCODING; PARTIAL SEQUENCES; PCR-BASED DETECTION; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASES; SCHIZOCHYTRIUM; THRAUSTOCHYTRIDS; THRAUSTOCHYTRIUM;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSTS; ENZYMES; GENES; KETONES; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS;

FATTY ACIDS;

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; ACYLTRANSFERASE; FATTY ACID ELONGASES; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAMENOPILE;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STRAMENOPILES;

EID: 80051855688     PISSN: 13458957     EISSN: 13473352     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5650/jos.60.475     Document Type: Article

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