Improvement of neutral lipid and polyunsaturated fatty acid biosynthesis by overexpressing a type 2 diacylglycerol acyltransferase in marine diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum

Marine Drugs

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 4558-4569

  Niu, Ying Fang ^a   Zhang, Meng Han ^a   Li, Da Wei ^a   Yang, Wei Dong ^a   Liu, Jie Sheng ^a   Bai, Wei Bin ^a   Li, Hong Ye ^a  

^a JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Diacylglycerol acyltranferase; Diatom; Neutral lipid; PUFA

Indexed keywords

DIACYLGLYCEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE 2; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GROWTH RATE; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHAEODACTYLUM TRICORNUTUM; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; NITZSCHIA ALBA; PHAEODACTYLUM TRICORNUTUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DIACYLGLYCEROL O-ACYLTRANSFERASE; DIATOMS; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; LIPIDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

EID: 84889256059     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16603397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/md11114558     Document Type: Article

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