Activity, Expression, and Substrate Preference of the δ6-Desaturase in Slow- or Fast-Growing Rabbit Genotypes

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 792-800

  Castellini, Cesare ^a   Dal Bosco, Alessandro ^a   Mattioli, Simona ^a   Davidescu, Magdalena ^a   Corazzi, Lanfranco ^a   MacChioni, Lara ^a   Rimoldi, Simona ^b   Terova, Genciana ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^c POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

competition; linoleic acid; liver metabolism; long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids; rabbit

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LINOLEIC ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; FATTY ACID PROFILES; GENETIC SELECTION; LINOLENIC ACIDS; LIVER METABOLISMS; LONG CHAIN POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; RABBIT; SINGLE DIFFERENCES;

FATTY ACIDS;

FATTY ACID; LINOLEOYL COENZYME A DESATURASE;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; RABBITS AND HARES;

ANIMALS; FATTY ACIDS; GENOTYPE; LINOLEOYL-COA DESATURASE; LIVER; MALE; RABBITS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84957058444     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: 15205118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.5b05425     Document Type: Article

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