Synthesis and production of unsaturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids in yeast: Current state and perspectives

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-12

  Uemura, Hiroshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elongase; Fatty acid desaturase; Fatty acid hydroxylase; Polyunsaturated fatty acids; S. cerevisiae; S. pombe

Indexed keywords

DESATURASE; ELONGASE; HYDROXYLASES; S. POMBE; S.CEREVISIAE;

GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS;

YEAST;

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; ARACHIDONIC ACID; DELTA 12 DESATURASE; DELTA 12 HYDROXYLASE; DELTA 4 DESATURASE; DELTA 5 ELONGASE; DELTA 6 ELONGASE; DELTA 9 ELONGASE; DESATURASE; FATTY ACID HYDROXYLASE; GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; ICOSATETRAENOIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; LINOLEOYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; LIPID; OLEIC ACID; OMEGA 3 DESATURASE; OMEGA 3 EICOSATRIENOIC ACID; OMEGA 6 EICOSADIENOIC ACID; OXYGENASE; PALMITIC ACID; PALMITOLEIC ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; RICINOLEIC ACID; STEARIC ACID; STEARIDONIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FATTY ACID; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LIPID; MEMBRANE; TOLERANCE; YEAST;

ALKALINITY; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA BOIDINII; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS ALBIDUS; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; KLUYVEROMYCES LACTIS; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPOMYCES STARKEYI; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; NONHUMAN; RHODOTORULA GLUTINIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES KLUYVERI; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS; TRICHOSPORON PULLULANS; YARROWIA LIPOLYTICA; YEAST; ZYGOSACCHAROMYCES ROUXII;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCETACEAE;

EID: 84862020493     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-012-4105-1     Document Type: Short Survey

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