Elongation of long-chain fatty acids in rabbitfish Siganus canaliculatus: Cloning, functional characterisation and tissue distribution of Elovl5- and Elovl4-like elongases

Aquaculture

Volumn 350-353, Issue , 2012, Pages 63-70

  Monroig, Óscar ^a   Wang, Shuqi ^b   Zhang, Liang ^b   You, Cuihong ^b   Tocher, Douglas R ^c   Li, Yuanyou ^b  

^a CSIC Instituto de Acuicultura de Torre de la Sal IATS   (Spain)

^b SHANTOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elovl4; Elovl5; Fatty acid biosynthesis; Siganus canaliculatus

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CATALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FATTY ACID; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; HOMOLOGY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PERCIFORM; PHYSIOLOGY;

SIGANUS CANALICULATUS; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 84862012148     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2012.04.017     Document Type: Article

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