decreased from 5.33: 1 to 0.95: 1 compared with
negative controls.
Conclusions Our results demonstrated that the
codon-optimized C. elegans mfat1 gene can be
functionally expressed in the beef cattle and converts
n-6 PUFAs to n-3 PUFAs.
Keywords Fatty acid desaturase Fat1 gene n-3
Polyunsaturated fatty acids Somatic cell nuclear
transfer Transgenic cattle