Expression and role of Elovl4 elongases in biosynthesis of very long-chain fatty acids during zebrafish Danio rerio early embryonic development

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids

Volumn 1801, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1145-1154

  Monroig, Oscar ^a   Rotllant, Josep ^b   Cerdá Reverter, José M ^c   Dick, James R ^a   Figueras, Antonio ^b   Tocher, Douglas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

^c CSIC Instituto de Acuicultura de Torre de la Sal IATS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Development; Elongation; Elovl4; Fatty acid metabolism; Very long chain fatty acids; Very long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; FATTY ACID; FATTY ACYL ELONGASE; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; PROTEIN ELOVL4; PROTEIN ELOVL4A; PROTEIN ELOVL4B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEROXISOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZEBRA FISH;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FATTY ACIDS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

DANIO RERIO; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77955517699     PISSN: 13881981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2010.06.005     Document Type: Article

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