Characterization of a novel thioesterase (PtTE) from Phaeodactylum tricornutum

Journal of Basic Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 666-672

  Gong, Yangmin ^a   Guo, Xiaojing ^a   Wan, Xia ^a   Liang, Zhuo ^a   Jiang, Mulang ^a  

^a Oil Crops Research Institute of Chinese Acadamy of Agricultural Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Fatty acid; P. tricornutum; Thioesterase

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; MEMBRANE LIPID; PALMITOYL COENZYME A HYDROLASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIATOM; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; OPEN READING FRAME; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CULTURE MEDIA; DIATOMS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATTY ACIDS; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; OPEN READING FRAMES; PALMITOYL-COA HYDROLASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 83155184834     PISSN: 0233111X     EISSN: 15214028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jobm.201000520     Document Type: Article

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