Mechanism of hydrocarbon biosynthesis from aldehyde in selected insect species: Requirement for O2 and NADPH and carbonyl group released as CO2

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 203-208

  Mpuru, Shuping ^a   Reed, James R ^a   Reitz, Ronald C ^a   Blomquist, Gary J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aldehyde; Carbon dioxide; Cytochrome P450; Decarboxylation; Heptadecane; Hydrocarbon biosynthesis; Octadecanal

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030064435     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0965-1748(95)00086-0     Document Type: Article

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