Arachidonic Acid-Producing Mortierella alpina: Creation of Mutants, Isolation of the Related Enzyme Genes, and Molecular Breeding

Single Cell Oils: Microbial and Algal Oils: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 29-49

  Sakuradani, Eiji ^a   Ando, Akinori ^a   Ogawa, Jun ^a   Shimizu, Sakayu ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-1-893997-73-8.50006-2     Document Type: Chapter

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