The high-level accumulation of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in transgenic pigs harboring the n-3 fatty acid desaturase gene from Caenorhabditis briggsae

Transgenic Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 89-97

  Zhou, Yanrong ^a   Lin, Yanli ^a   Wu, Xiaojie ^a   Feng, Chong ^b   Long, Chuan ^b   Xiong, Fuyin ^a   Wang, Ning ^b   Pan, Dengke ^b   Chen, Hongxing ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF BIOTECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

cbr fat 1; n 3 fatty acid desaturase; Somatic cell nuclear transfer; Transgenic pig

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS BRIGGSAE; SUIDAE;

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; FAT 1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; FAT-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; SWINE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; HUMANS; SWINE;

EID: 84892436095     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11248-013-9752-1     Document Type: Article

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