An alternate pathway to long-chain polyunsaturates: the FADS2 gene product Δ8-desaturates 20:2n-6 and 20:3n-3
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- 1 June 2009
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier BV in Journal of Lipid Research
- Vol. 50 (6), 1195-1202
- https://doi.org/10.1194/jlr.m800630-jlr200
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