Proteins regulating the biosynthesis and inactivation of neuromodulatory fatty acid amides

Vitamins and Hormones

Volumn 62, Issue , 2001, Pages 95-131

  Patricelli, Matthew P ^a   Cravatt, Benjamin F ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS; AMIDASE; AMIDE; ENDOCANNABINOID; ETHANOLAMINE DERIVATIVE; FATTY ACID; FATTY ACID AMIDASE; FATTY-ACID AMIDE HYDROLASE; N ACYLETHANOLAMINES; N-ACYLETHANOLAMINES;

ANIMAL; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

AMIDES; AMIDOHYDROLASES; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; ETHANOLAMINES; FATTY ACIDS; HUMANS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS;

EID: 0035235117     PISSN: 00836729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/s0083-6729(01)62002-8     Document Type: Review

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