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Fatty acid biosynthetic process

Known as: fatty acid anabolism, fatty acid synthesis, fatty acid biosynthesis 
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of a fatty acid, any of the aliphatic monocarboxylic acids that can be liberated by… 
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AdipogenesisLipogenesisfatty acid metabolism
Citric Acid Cycleregulation of fatty acid biosynthetic process

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1981
1981
Effects of cell size and animal age on glucose metabolism in pig adipose tissue.
Adipose tissue slices were prepared from middle subcutaneous or perirenal adipose tissue excised from pigs of different ages (and… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
On the control of long-chain-fatty acid synthesis in isolated intact spinach (Spinacia oleracea) chloroplasts.
1. Chloroplasts isolated from spinach leaves by using the low-ionic-strength buffers of Nakatani & Barber [(1977) Biochim… 
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Studies on seed-oil triglycerides. Factors controlling the biosynthesis of fatty acids and acyl lipids in subcellular organelles of maturing Crambe abyssinica seeds.
1 The acetyl-CoA carboxylase activity of all Crambe abyssinica subcellular fractions is very low as indicated by poor conversion… 
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
Biosynthesis of fatty acids and cholesterol in isolated rat-liver parenchymal cells. Effect of albumin-bound fatty acids.
The fatty acid and cholesterol synthesis in isolated rat-liver parenchymal cells was studied with tritiated water as the… 
Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
Evidence for regulatin of cholesterol and fatty acid synthesis in liver by cyclic adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate.
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
Utilization of exogenous free fatty acids for the production of very low density lipoprotein triglyceride by livers of carbohydrate-fed rats.
High carbohydrate diets enhance the hepatic output of very low density lipoprotein triglycerides. The fatty acids of these… 
Highly Cited
1970
Highly Cited
1970
Effect of insulin on fatty acid ynthesis from pyruvate, lactage, or endogenous sources in adipose tissue: evidence for the hormonal regulation of pyruvate dehydrogenase.
The incorporation of radioactivity from tritiated water into fatty acids has been used as a measure of the rate of fat synthesis… 
Highly Cited
1970
Highly Cited
1970
Hepatic fatty acid synthesis and plasma free fatty acid levels in chicks subjected to short periods of food restriction and refeeding.
Highly Cited
1968
Highly Cited
1968
Effects of Exogenous Insulin on the Rate of Fatty Acid Synthesis and Glucose C-14 Utilization in the Twenty-day Rat Fetus
Serum IRI (immunoreactive insulin) in twenty-day fetuses from mothers fed ad libitum exceeded maternal levels. Increasing… 
Highly Cited
1944
Highly Cited
1944
THE UTILIZATION OF ACETIC ACID FOR FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS