Double Transgenesis of Humanized fat1 and fat2 Genes Promotes Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Synthesis in a Zebrafish Model

Marine Biotechnology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 580-593

  Pang, Shao Chen ^a,d   Wang, Hou Peng ^a   Li, Kuo Yu ^a   Zhu, Zuo Yan ^a   Kang, Jing X ^b,c   Sun, Yong Hua ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Desaturase; Omega 3 fatty acids; Omega 6 fatty acids; Transcriptional regulation; Transgenic fish

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; FATTY ACIDS; FISH; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS;

DESATURASE; OMEGA-3-FATTY ACIDS; OMEGA-6 FATTY ACIDS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION; TRANSGENIC FISHES;

GENE EXPRESSION;

ENDOGENOUS GROWTH; FATTY ACID; FISH; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; POPULATION GENETICS;

CADHERIN; FAT1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; FAT2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; FATTY ACID; LIPID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; AQUACULTURE; BIOSYNTHESIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE STRUCTURE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETICS; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; ZEBRA FISH;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; AQUACULTURE; CADHERINS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; GENE COMPONENTS; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; LIPIDS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84907595897     PISSN: 14362228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10126-014-9577-9     Document Type: Article

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