Human very long-chain acyl-CoA synthetase and two human homologs: Initial characterization and relationship to fatty acid transport protein

Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids

Volumn 60, Issue 5-6, 1999, Pages 323-328

  Watkins, P A ^a,b   Pevsner, J ^a   Steinberg, S J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FATTY ACID TRANSPORTER; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID COENZYME A LIGASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CLONE; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FATTY ACID TRANSPORT; GENE ISOLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; RAT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032788926     PISSN: 09523278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-3278(99)80007-6     Document Type: Article

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