The evolution of desaturases

Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 73-95

  Sperling, P ^a   Ternes, P ^a   Zank, T K ^a   Heinz, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; CYTOCHROME B5; DELTA15 DESATURASE; DELTA4 DESATURASE; DELTA5 DESATURASE; DELTA8 DESATURASE; DESATURASE; HISTIDINE; LINOLEOYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; MEMBRANE ENZYME; OMEGA3 DESATURASE; OMEGA6 DESATURASE; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SPHINGOLIPID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL BOND; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STEREOCHEMISTRY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0037320283     PISSN: 09523278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-3278(02)00258-2     Document Type: Article

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