Cloning of a human cDNA encoding a novel enzyme involved in the elongation of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 350, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 765-770

  Leonard, A E ^a   Bobik, E G ^a   Dorado, J ^a   Kroeger, P E ^a   Chuang, L T ^a   Thurmond, J M ^a   Parker Barnes, J M ^a   Das, T ^a   Huang, Y S ^a   Mukerji, P ^a  

^a ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

linolenic acid; linolenic acid; Arachidonic acid; Chromosome 6; Eicosapentaenoic acid

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; ELONGATION FACTOR; GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADRENAL GLAND; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA SEQUENCE; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TESTIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0034664989     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/0264-6021:3500765     Document Type: Article

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