Desaturation and related modifications of fatty acids

Annual Review of Plant Biology

Volumn 49, Issue , 1998, Pages 611-641

  Shanklin, John ^a   Cahoon, Edgar B ^a  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Binuclear iron; Nonheme; Oxygenase; Protein engineering; Unsaturated fatty acid

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031734557     PISSN: 15435008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.arplant.49.1.611     Document Type: Article

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