Evidence of isozymes for Δ6 fatty acid desaturase in rat hepatocytes

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 451-454

  Inagaki, Katsuya ^a   Aki, Tsunehiro ^a   Shiota, Taketoshi ^a   Kawamoto, Seiji ^a   Shigeta, Seiko ^a   Suzuki, Osamu ^a   Ono, Kazuhisa ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antisense; D6 desaturase; Isozyme; Polyunsaturated fatty acids; Rat hepatocyte

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; CARBON; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ISOENZYME; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; TETRACOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL LINE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; LIVER CELL; METABOLISM; NUCLEIC ACID PROBE; RAT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ALPHA-LINOLENIC ACID; ANIMALS; ANTISENSE ELEMENTS (GENETICS); BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CELL LINE; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; GENE EXPRESSION; HEPATOCYTES; ISOENZYMES; LINOLEIC ACID; RATS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0042628078     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.67.451     Document Type: Article

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