| Title: | Isolation and expression pattern of two putative acyl-ACP desaturase cDNAs from Bassia scoparia |
| Author(s): | Whitney HM; Sayanova O; Pickett JA; Napier JA; |
| Address: | "Long Ashton Research Station, Long Ashton, Bristol BS41 9AF, UK" |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 0022-0957 (Print) 0022-0957 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "The seed lipids of some higher plants contain unusual fatty acids with potentially valuable non-food uses. Seeds of Bassia scoparia contain one such monounsaturated fatty acid, 16:1Delta5. This fatty acid can be used for the production of an insect oviposition pheromone, which is potentially valuable in the control of the mosquito Culex quinquefasciatus, a vector of West Nile virus. Previous work has established that a number of unusual monounsaturated fatty acids are produced by variant forms of the ubiquitous acyl-ACP desaturases. The isolation and initial characterization of two putative acyl-ACP desaturases from B. scoparia, one of which is seed-specific, suggests that such a variant enzyme occurs in this species" |
| Keywords: | "Carbon-Sulfur Ligases/*genetics Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic/genetics Gene Expression Regulation, Plant/*genetics Orchidaceae/enzymology/*genetics RNA, Plant/genetics/isolation & purification Seeds/enzymology/genetics Transcription, Genetic;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineWhitney, Heather M Sayanova, Olga Pickett, John A Napier, Johnathan A eng BBS/E/C/00004156/BB_/Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council/United Kingdom Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't England 2004/02/03 J Exp Bot. 2004 Mar; 55(397):787-9. doi: 10.1093/jxb/erh072. Epub 2004 Jan 30" |
