Activities of acyl-CoA:cholesterol acyltransferase and cholesteryl ester hydrolase in the yolk sac membrane of the alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) embryo

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 301-307

  Vajda, Katalin ^a,b   Ferguson, Mark W J ^b   Shand, John H ^c   Noble, Ray C ^a   Speake, Brian K ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c HANNAH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acyl CoA:cholesterol acyltransferase; Alligator; Cholesterol; Cholesteryl ester hydrolase; Embryo; Yolk; Yolk sac membrane

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLESTEROL ESTERASE;

ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHOLESTEROL ESTERIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MICROSOME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; VITELLINE MEMBRANE;

ALLIGATOR; ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPIENSIS; ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS;

EID: 0032932043     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(99)00019-X     Document Type: Article

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