Barramundi (Lates calcarifer) desaturase with Δ6/Δ8 dual activities

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1283-1296

  Tu, Wei Chun ^a   Cook Johnson, Rebecca J ^b   James, Michael J ^b   Mühlhäusler, Beverly S ^a   Stone, David A J ^c   Gibson, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

6 desaturase; Linolenic acid; Barramundi; Extracellular fatty acids; Lipid metabolism; n 3 LCPUFA

Indexed keywords

BARRAMUNDI; DESATURASE; EXTRACELLULAR; LINOLENIC ACIDS; LIPID METABOLISMS; N-3 LCPUFA;

CLONING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS; YEAST;

LINOLEIC ACID;

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; LINOLENIC ACID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ENZYMOLOGY; FISH; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; LIVER; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ALPHA-LINOLENIC ACID; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; FISHES; GENE EXPRESSION; LIVER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

LATES CALCARIFER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 84862117396     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-012-0891-x     Document Type: Article

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