Production of γ-linolenic acid using a novel heterologous expression system in the oleaginous yeast Lipomyces kononenkoae

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1993-1998

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

linolenic acid; Delta 6 fatty acid desaturase; Lipomyces kononenkoae; Polyunsaturated fatty acid

Indexed keywords

DELTA 6-FATTY ACID DESATURASE; DESATURASE; EXPRESSION SYSTEM; EXPRESSION VECTORS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; HYGROMYCIN PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE GENES; LINOLENIC ACIDS; LIPOMYCES KONONENKOAE; RECOMBINANT STRAINS; REPORTER GENE;

GENE EXPRESSION; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS; YEAST;

FATTY ACIDS;

GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; LINOLEOYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CUNNINGHAMELLA; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; LIPOMYCES; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CLONING, MOLECULAR; CUNNINGHAMELLA; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; GAMMA-LINOLENIC ACID; GENETIC VECTORS; LINOLEOYL-COA DESATURASE; LIPOMYCES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CUNNINGHAMELLA ECHINULATA; LIPOMYCES; LIPOMYCES KONONENKOAE;

EID: 80052815465     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-011-0651-3     Document Type: Article

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