A Cytochrome b5-Containing Plastid-Located Fatty Acid Desaturase from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 856-863

  Zäuner, Simone ^a,b   Jochum, Wibke ^a   Bigorowski, Tara ^a   Benning, Christoph ^a  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPHYTA;

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; CYTOCHROME B5; GALACTOLIPID; GALACTOSYLDIACYLGLYCEROL; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPLAST; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PLASTID; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPLASTS; CYTOCHROMES B5; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; GALACTOLIPIDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; PLASTIDS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

EID: 84863299626     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00079-12     Document Type: Article

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