Research Article

Caenorhabditis elegans F09E10.3 Encodes a Putative 3-Oxoacyl-Thioester Reductase of Mitochondrial Type 2 Fatty Acid Synthase FASII that Is Functional in Yeast

Table 1

Plasmids and oligonucleotides used.

Plasmids or oligonucleotidesDescriptionSource/reference

(1) pBluescript KS II (+)pKS cloning vectorStratagene
F09E10.3 in pBluescriptThis study
D1054.8 in pBluescriptThis study
(2) YEp352URA3-marked multicopy plasmid[3]
(3) CTA1 behind its own promoter[4]
F09E10.3 behind the CTA1 promoterThis study
D1054.8 behind the CTA1 promoterThis study
OAR1 behind the CTA1 promoterZ.-J. Chen

Ce OAR1-1 XbaITTATTCTAGATGAGTGCTTTGCTGGGAGGThis study
Ce OAR1-1 XhoITATTCTCGAGCTACATACTAAATCCACCGGThis study
Ce OAR1-2 XbaITTATTCTAGATGACTCGTTTTGCTGAAAAAGTCThis study
Ce OAR1-2 XhoITATTCTCGAGTTAATGTAAAAGTTTTGCAAAGThis study

superscripts following the plasmid designations refer to their parental vectors, for example, pKS:F09E was derived from pBluescript KS II (+). Ce OAR1-1 refer to F09E10.3 and Ce OAR1-2 to D1054.8.