Wax ester biosynthesis in the liver of myctophid fishes

Lipids

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 389-393

  Seo, Hwan Sook ^a   Endo, Yasushi ^a   Moku, Masatoshi ^b   Kawaguchi, Kouichi ^b   Fujimoto, Kenshiro ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINETRIPHOSPHATE; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BIOSYNTHESIS; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS;

TRIGLYCERIDE-RICH SPECIES;

WAXES;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALCOHOL; ESTER; HEPTADECANOIC ACID; LIPID; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; WAX;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FISH; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPOGENESIS; LIVER; NONHUMAN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; DIAPHUS THETA; LAMPANYCTUS JORDANI; LAMPANYCTUS REGALIS; MYCTOPHIDAE; PISCES; SYMBOLOPHORUS CALIFORNIENSIS;

EID: 0035025572     PISSN: 00244201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11745-001-0733-5     Document Type: Article

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