"Fatty Acid Desaturases" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A family of enzymes that catalyze the stereoselective, regioselective, or chemoselective syn-dehydrogenation reactions. They function by a mechanism that is linked directly to reduction of molecular OXYGEN.
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D044943
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.682.690.708.392
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| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Fatty Acid Desaturases" by people in Profiles.
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Minas TZ, Lord BD, Zhang AL, Candia J, Dorsey TH, Baker FS, Tang W, Bailey-Whyte M, Smith CJ, Obadi OM, Ajao A, Jordan SV, Tettey Y, Biritwum RB, Adjei AA, Mensah JE, Hoover RN, Hsing AW, Liu J, Loffredo CA, Yates C, Cook MB, Ambs S. Circulating trans fatty acids are associated with prostate cancer in Ghanaian and American men. Nat Commun. 2023 07 19; 14(1):4322.
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Maldonado RA, Kuniyoshi RK, Linss JG, Almeida IC. Trypanosoma cruzi oleate desaturase: molecular characterization and comparative analysis in other trypanosomatids. J Parasitol. 2006 Oct; 92(5):1064-74.
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Vemula M, Kandasamy P, Oh CS, Chellappa R, Gonzalez CI, Martin CE. Maintenance and regulation of mRNA stability of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae OLE1 gene requires multiple elements within the transcript that act through translation-independent mechanisms. J Biol Chem. 2003 Nov 14; 278(46):45269-79.
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Vassilev A, Ozer Z, Navara C, Mahajan S, Uckun FM. Bruton's tyrosine kinase as an inhibitor of the Fas/CD95 death-inducing signaling complex. J Biol Chem. 1999 Jan 15; 274(3):1646-56.