Biosynthesis of polyunsaturated fatty acids in marine invertebrates: Recent advances in molecular mechanisms

Marine Drugs

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 3998-4018

  Monroig, Óscar ^a,b   Tocher, Douglas R ^b   Navarro, Juan C ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biosynthesis; Cephalopods; Elongase of very long chain fatty acids; Fatty acyl desaturase; Invertebrates; Non methylene interrupted fatty acids; Polyunsaturated fatty acid

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ELONGASE OF VERY LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; OXYGENASE; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CEPHALOPOD; CNIDARIA; CRUSTACEA; DNA SEQUENCE; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; FATTY ACID TRANSPORT; FISH; INVERTEBRATE; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPID OXIDATION; MARINE SPECIES; MICROALGA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVIEW; SPONGE (PORIFERA);

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; CEPHALOPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; CEPHALOPODA; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; HUMANS; INVERTEBRATES; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 84887108850     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16603397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/md11103998     Document Type: Review

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