Sexual diversity of the lipid metabolism in the Harderian gland of the golden hamster

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 71-76

  Seyama, Yousuke ^a   Otsuka, Hideaki ^b   Ohashi, Kazumasa ^a   Vivien Roels, Berthe ^c   Pevet, Paul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Acyl CoA dehydrogenase; Alkyldiacylglycerol; Branched chain amino acid; Branched chain fatty acid

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; HORMONES; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROPIONIC ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACIDS;

ACYL-COA; ACYL-COA DEHYDROGENASE; ALKYLDIACYLGLYCEROL; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACIDS; BRANCHED CHAIN FATTY ACID; DIACYLGLYCEROL; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; GOLDEN HAMSTER; HARDERIAN GLAND; LIPID METABOLISMS;

CHAINS;

ACYL COENZYME A DEHYDROGENASE; DIACYLGLYCEROL; FATTY ACID; LIPID; SEX HORMONE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL CELL; EXOCRINE GLAND; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FEMALE; HARDER GLAND; HORMONAL REGULATION; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORBIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYRIAN HAMSTER;

EID: 0029998753     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19960501)34:1<71::AID-JEMT10>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Review

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