Supported by the National Key Technology R&D Program in the 11th Five-Year Plan of China (No. 2006BAD09A03-2);the National High-tech Research and Development Program of China(863 Program) (No. 2007AA09Z427)
A gene (NANOC-D6D) encoding a desaturase that removes two hydrogen atoms from fatty acids at delta 6 position was isolated from a cDNA library of Nannochloropsis oculata (Droop) D. J. Hibberd (Eustigmatophyceae)...