Formation of (R)-2,3-dihydrogeranylgeranoic acid from geranylgeraniol in rat thymocytes

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 327-334

  Kodaira, Yuichi ^a   Usui, Kiyotaka ^a   Kon, Itaru ^a   Sagami, Hiroshi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Dihydrogeranylgeranoic acid; Geranylgeraniol; Geranylgeranoic acid; Isoprenoid; Refsum disease

Indexed keywords

2,3 DIHYDROFARNESOIC ACID; 2,3 DIHYDROGERANYLGERANOIC ACID; DNA FRAGMENT; GERANIOL; GERANYLGERANIOL; GERANYLGERANOIC ACID; ISOPRENOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CARBON; DITERPENE; GERANYLGERANIC ACID; LIPID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTEREOISOMER; DNA DAMAGE; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; RAT; REFSUM DISEASE; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; THYMOCYTE; ANIMAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM; NUCLEOSOME; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; THYMUS;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DITERPENES; HUMANS; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPIDS; MALE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NUCLEOSOMES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0036684886     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a003227     Document Type: Article

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