Identification of a critical determinant that enables efficient fatty acid synthesis in oleaginous fungi

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Chen, Haiqin ^a,b   Hao, Guangfei ^a   Wang, Lei ^c   Wang, Hongchao ^a,b   Gu, Zhennan ^a,b,d   Liu, Liming ^a   Zhang, Hao ^a,b   Chen, Wei ^a,b   Chen, Yong Q ^a,b,d  

^a JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Synergistic Innovation Center for Food Safety and Nutrition   (China)

^c NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID;

BIOSYNTHESIS; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; VALIDATION STUDY;

FATTY ACIDS; FUNGI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL;

EID: 84931274966     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep11247     Document Type: Article

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