Essential fatty acids in early life: Structural and functional role

Proceedings of the Nutrition Society

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 3-15

  Uauy, Ricardo ^a,b   Mena, Patricia ^a   Rojas, Cecilia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b RETINA FOUNDATION OF THE SOUTHWEST   (United States)

Author keywords

Docosahexaenoic acid; Essential fatty acids; Gene expression; Peroxisome proliferator activated receptor; Retinal development

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID; FISH OIL; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; ICOSANOID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; NUCLEAR FACTOR; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR; PHOSPHOLIPASE; PHOSPHOLIPID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; RHODOPSIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTIFICIAL MILK; BRAIN; BREAST MILK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; LIPID MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PHOTORECEPTOR; RETINA; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034033501     PISSN: 00296651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0029665100000021     Document Type: Conference Paper

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