The 4-desaturation pathway for DHA biosynthesis is operative in the human species: Differences between normal controls and children with the Zellweger syndrome

Lipids in Health and Disease

Volumn 9, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Martinez, Manuela ^a   Ichaso, Natalia ^a   Setien, Fernando ^b   Durany, Nuria ^c   Qiu, Xiao ^d   Roesler, William ^d  

^a Research Laboratory   (Spain)

^b Cancer Epigenetics and Biology Program (PEBC)   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT INTERNACIONAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DELTA 4 DESATURASE; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; OXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; DELTA 4 FATTY ACID DESATURASE; DELTA-4 FATTY ACID DESATURASE; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID; FATTY ACID; HYBRID PROTEIN; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; FATTY ACID DESATURATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; LIPOGENESIS; LYMPHOCYTE; ZELLWEGER SYNDROME; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL LINE; CYTOLOGY; DISORDERS OF PEROXISOMAL FUNCTIONS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS; GENE LIBRARY; GENE THERAPY; GENETICS; INFANT; INFANTILE REFSUM DISEASE; METABOLISM; VIRUS CELL TRANSFORMATION;

ANIMALIA; THRAUSTOCHYTRIUM;

CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; CELL TRANSFORMATION, VIRAL; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, ESSENTIAL; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-6; FUNGI; GENE LIBRARY; GENE THERAPY; GENES, FUNGAL; HUMANS; INFANT; LYMPHOCYTES; PEROXISOMAL DISORDERS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REFSUM DISEASE, INFANTILE; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRANSFECTION; ZELLWEGER SYNDROME;

EID: 77956489310     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476511X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-511X-9-98     Document Type: Article

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