The complex and important cellular and metabolic functions of saturated fatty acids

Lipids

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 941-946

  Legrand, Philippe ^a   Rioux, Vincent ^a  

^a Agrocampus French National Institute of Health and Medical Research   (France)

Author keywords

Dietary saturated fatty acids; Metabolism; Myristic acid; N myristoylation

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; FATTY ACID DERIVATIVE; LAURIC ACID; LINOLEOYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; MEDIUM CHAIN FATTY ACID; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MYRISTIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PALMITIC ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; PROTEIN N MYRISTOYLTRANSFERASE; SATURATED FATTY ACID; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID; STEARIC ACID;

ACYLATION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; APOPTOSIS; CYTOLOGY; FAT INTAKE; FATTY ACID DESATURATION; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; LIPID STORAGE; LIPOGENESIS; MYRISTYLATION; NONHUMAN; PALMITOYLATION; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CELLS; FATTY ACIDS; HUMANS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 78650218881     PISSN: 00244201     EISSN: 15589307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11745-010-3444-x     Document Type: Review

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