An alternative n-3 fatty acid elongation pathway utilising 18:3n-3 in barramundi (Lates calcarifer)

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 423, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 176-182

  Tu, Wei Chun ^a   Mühlhäusler, Beverly S ^a   James, Michael J ^b   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

Linolenic acid (18:3n 3); Elongase; ELOVL; Heterologous expression; LCPUFA metabolism

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL GENETICS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL ELONGATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FISH; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; LATES CALCARIFER; METABOLITE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YEAST CELL;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; ALPHA-LINOLENIC ACID; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; PERCIFORMES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

LATES CALCARIFER;

EID: 84862651372     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2012.05.110     Document Type: Article

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