Examining The Effect Of Sterol Carrier Protein-2 On Phytanic Acid Toxicity.

Although peroxisomes are essential organelles involved in the conversion of hydrogen peroxide to water, they also contain unique metabolic pathways in lipid metabolism. One of these is the "-oxidation of branched-chain fatty acids such as phytanic acid. Phytanic acid accumulates to toxic leve...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Chen, Cynthia
Corporate Author:	Texas A & M University. University Undergraduate Research Fellow Program
Format:	Thesis Book
Language:	English
Published:	[College Station, Texas] : Texas A&M University, 1998.
Subjects:	Major biochemistry/chemistry. fatty-acid complex Undergraduate thesis
Online Access:	Link to OAK Trust copy Available on OAKTrust.