A pathway for the biosynthesis of fatty acid amides

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 469, Issue , 2000, Pages 519-525

  Merkler, Kathleen A ^a   Baumgart, Laura E ^a   DeBlassio, Jodi L ^a   Glufke, Uta ^b   King, Lawrence ^a   Ritenour Rodgers, Kimberly ^a   Vederas, John C ^b   Wilcox, Benjamin J ^a   Merkler, David J ^a  

^a DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; OLEAMIDE; VALPROMIDE;

AMIDATION; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; GLIA CELL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIGHT JUNCTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADULT; AMIDES; ANIMALS; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; GLYCINE; GLYOXYLATES; HUMANS; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; RATS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034465431     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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