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Fatty acyl-CoA reductases of birds

BACKGROUND: Birds clean and lubricate their feathers with waxes that are produced in the uropygial gland, a holocrine gland located on their back above the tail. The type and the composition of the secreted wax esters are dependent on the bird species, for instance the wax ester secretion of goose c...

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Autores principales: Hellenbrand, Janine, Biester, Eva-Maria, Gruber, Jens, Hamberg, Mats, Frentzen, Margrit
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3265415/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22151413
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2091-12-64