From fat to fat-1: A tale of omega-3 fatty acids

Journal of Membrane Biology

Volumn 206, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 165-172

  Kang, J X ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

APOPTOSIS; CELL CULTURE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIPID COMPOSITION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; REVIEW; SUPPLEMENTATION; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-6; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 32044435148     PISSN: 00222631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00232-005-0790-3     Document Type: Review

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