Identification and Characterization of an Animal Δ12 Fatty Acid Desaturase Gene by Heterologous Expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

2000/04/01 by Marlyse M. Peyou-Ndi, Jennifer L. Watts, John Browse · 18 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Medicine · #Adipose Tissue and Metabolism #Biochemistry #Biology #Complementary DNA #Fatty acid #Fatty acid desaturase #Gene #Heterologous #Heterologous expression #Linoleic acid #Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis #Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction #Polyunsaturated fatty acid #Recombinant DNA #Saccharomyces cerevisiae #Yeast

paper · doi:10.1006/abbi.2000.1733

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