Acyl-coenzyme A: Cholesterol acyltransferase family

Frontiers of Biology in China

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 129-136

  Liu, Yali ^a   Guo, Zhanyun ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acyl coenzyme A: cholesterol acyltransferase (ACAT); Acyl coenzyme A: diacylglycerol acyltransferase 1 (DGAT1); Acyltransferase; Catalysis; Lipid

Indexed keywords

EID: 63349109364     PISSN: 16733509     EISSN: 16733622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11515-008-0096-9     Document Type: Article

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