Regulation of fatty acid desaturation in Bacillus subtilis

Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 187-190

  Mansilla, María C ^a   Aguilar, Pablo S ^a   Albanesi, Daniela ^a   Cybulski, Larisa E ^a   Altabe, Silvia ^a   De Mendoza, Diego ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; PHOSPHOLIPID; PROTEIN; PROTEIN DESK; PROTEIN DESR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; FATTY ACID DESATURATION; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 0037320187     PISSN: 09523278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-3278(02)00269-7     Document Type: Article

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