Cloning, functional characterization and nutritional regulation of Δ6 fatty acyl desaturase in the herbivorous euryhaline teleost Scatophagus argus.

Marine fish are generally unable or have low ability for the biosynthesis of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-PUFA) from C18 PUFA precursors, with some notable exceptions including the herbivorous marine teleost Siganus canaliculatus in which such a capability was recently demonstrated. To...

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Main Authors: Dizhi Xie, Fang Chen, Siyuan Lin, Shuqi Wang, Cuihong You, Óscar Monroig, Douglas R Tocher, Yuanyou Li
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/e7f0b9199ca842e5ae659f1c04f7bd47
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