The green microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii has a single ω-3 fatty acid desaturase that localizes to the chloroplast and impacts both plastidic and extraplastidic membrane lipids

Plant Physiology

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 914-928

  Nguyen, Hoa Mai ^a,b,c   Cuiné, Stéphan ^a,b,c   Beyly Adriano, Audrey ^a,b,c   Légeret, Bertrand ^a,b,c   Billon, Emmanuelle ^a,b,c   Auroy, Pascaline ^a,b,c   Beisson, Fred ^a,b,c   Peltier, Gilles ^a,b,c   Li Beisson, Yonghua ^a,b,c  

^a University of Aix Marseille   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII;

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; MEMBRANE LIPID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID DESATURASE; OMEGA-3 FATTY ACID DESATURASE; PLANT DNA;

ADAPTATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMISTRY; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPLAST; ENZYMOLOGY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIGHT; METABOLISM; MICROALGA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; TRANSPOSON;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPLASTS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, PLANT; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GENETIC LOCI; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIGHT; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; MICROALGAE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 84885201333     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.113.223941     Document Type: Article

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