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Identification of avian wax synthases

BACKGROUND: Bird species show a high degree of variation in the composition of their preen gland waxes. For instance, galliform birds like chicken contain fatty acid esters of 2,3-alkanediols, while Anseriformes like goose or Strigiformes like barn owl contain wax monoesters in their preen gland sec...

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Autores principales: Biester, Eva-Maria, Hellenbrand, Janine, Gruber, Jens, Hamberg, Mats, Frentzen, Margrit
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3316144/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22305293
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2091-13-4