Very long-chain fatty acids: Elongation, physiology and related disorders

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 152, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 387-395

  Kihara, Akio ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

fatty acid; lipid; membrane; sphingolipid; very long chain fatty acid

Indexed keywords

CERAMIDE; GLYCEROPHOSPHOLIPID; MEMBRANE LIPID; MYELIN; SPHINGOLIPID; VERY LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID;

CHEMICAL BOND; DEGRADATION; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENZYME MECHANISM; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; GENE MUTATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYDROPHOBICITY; INFLAMMATION; LIPID BILAYER; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; RETINA; REVIEW; SPERMATOGENESIS; YEAST;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; ANIMALS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FATTY ACIDS; HUMANS; ICHTHYOSIS; MACULAR DEGENERATION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84868600772     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: 17562651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvs105     Document Type: Review

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