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fatty acid elongation

The elongation of a fatty acid chain by the sequential addition of two-carbon units. [ISBN:0716720094]
National Institutes of Health

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2012
2012
Arabidopsis ECERIFERUM 2 Is a Component of the Fatty Acid Elongation Machinery Required for Fatty Acid Extension to Exceptional Lengths 1 [ W ] [ OA ]
Primary aerial surfaces of land plants are coated by a lipidic cuticle, which forms a barrier against transpirational water loss… 
2011
2011
Dissecting the biosynthetic pathway and biological significance of unique lipopolysaccharide structures in bacterial nitrogen fixing endosymbionts
2009
2009
Metabolism Cancer Growth through Saturated Long-Chain Fatty Acid Novel Lipogenic Enzyme ELOVL 7 Is Involved in Prostate
A number of epidemiologic studies have indicated a strong association between dietary fat intake and prostate cancer development… 
1986
1986
Impaired rate of microsomal fatty acid elongation in undernourished neonatal rat brain
Hypomyelination caused by undernourishment in characterized by low concentrations of myelin lipids and marked reduction in… 
1983
1983
Microsomal electron-transport reductase activities and fatty acid elongation in rat brain. Developmental changes, regional distribution and comparison with liver activity.
Gestational and postnatal changes of microsomal NADH:cytochrome b5 reductase and NADPH:cytochrome c reductase activities were… 
1983
1983
Purification and characterization of 3-oxoacyl-CoA synthase of Mycobacterium smegmatis.
3-Oxoacyl-CoA synthase, that condenses malonyl-CoA to other acyl-CoAs and takes part in the malonyl-CoA-dependent, acyl carrier… 
1980
1980
Involvement of one of two enoyl-CoA hydratases and enoyl-CoA reductase in the acetyl-CoA-dependent elongation of medium chain fatty acids by Mycobacterium smegmatis.
2-Enoyl-CoA reductase was purified 150-fold from the crude extract of Mycobacterium smegmatis. The purified reductase required… 
1975
1975
Fatty acid composition of some cellular membranes of fetal rat liver.
The fatty acid composition of lipids of inner mitochondrial membrane, rough and smooth endoplasmic reticulum of adult and fetal… 
1970
1970
Brain fatty acid elongation and multiple sclerosis.
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1969
Highly Cited
1969
Brain lipid analysis of a myelin deficient mutant, the "quaking" mouse.
The “Quaking” mouse is a mutant which has an inherited disease involving the process of myelination in the central nervous system… 
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