Fatty acid desaturases, polyunsaturated fatty acid regulation, and biotechnological advances

Nutrients

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Lee, Je Min ^a   Lee, Hyungjae ^b   Kang, Seok Beom ^c   Park, Woo Jung ^d  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^b Dankook University   (South Korea)

^c Rural Development Administration   (South Korea)

^d Gangneung Wonju National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fatty acid desaturase; Health and development; Polyunsaturated fatty acid; Transgenic system

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ICOSANOID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMAN; LIPOGENESIS; MICROALGA; MORTIERELLA ALPINA; NONHUMAN; PERIPLANETA AMERICANA; PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY; REVIEW; GENETICS; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM; TRENDS;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-6; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; HUMANS; LIPID METABOLISM;

EID: 84954063207     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu8010023     Document Type: Review

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