Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5168085 | Phytochemistry | 2005 | 14 Pages |
Abstract
It is postulated that the primary endosymbiosis of a photosynthetic n â 3 C18 PUFA-producing prokaryotic cyanobacteria and a eukaryotic host capable of chain elongation and desaturation of exogenous PUFA, resulted in the Rhodophyceae capable of producing n â 3 C20 PUFA. The secondary endosymbiosis of a photosynthetic C20 PUFA-producing eukaryote (a rhodophyte) and a eukaryotic host capable of further chain elongation and desaturation, resulted in the Cryptophyceae, capable of producing both n â 3 C20 and C22 PUFA de novo.
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Authors
Graeme. A. Dunstan, Malcolm R. Brown, John. K. Volkman,