Synthesis of sn-1,2-Diacylglycerols by Monoacylglycerol Acyltransferase from Manduca sexta Fat Body

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 325-335

  Arrese, Estela L ^a   Rojas Rivas, Bertha I ^a   Wells, Michael A ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

AKH; Fatty acid metabolism; Lipid mobilization

Indexed keywords

INSECTA; MANDUCA SEXTA;

1,2-DIACYLGLYCEROL; 2 ACYLGLYCEROL O ACYLTRANSFERASE; 2-ACYLGLYCEROL O-ACYLTRANSFERASE; ACYLTRANSFERASE; ADIPOKINETIC HORMONE; DIACYLGLYCEROL; DRUG DERIVATIVE; INSECT HORMONE; OLIGOPEPTIDE; PYROGLUTAMIC ACID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; FAT BODY; LEPIDOPTERA; METABOLISM;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; ANIMALS; DIGLYCERIDES; FAT BODY; INSECT HORMONES; MANDUCA; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PYRROLIDONECARBOXYLIC ACID;

EID: 0029689690     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6327(1996)31:3<325::AID-ARCH7>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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