Biosynthesis of fatty alcohols, alkane-1,2-diols and wax esters in particulate preparations from the uropygial glands of white-crowned sparrows (Zonotrichia leucophrys)

Arch Biochem Biophys. 1978 Nov;191(1):244-58. doi: 10.1016/0003-9861(78)90087-5.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Alcohols / biosynthesis*
  • Animals
  • Birds
  • Esters
  • Fatty Acid Desaturases / metabolism
  • Fatty Alcohols / biosynthesis*
  • Hydroxy Acids / metabolism
  • Kinetics
  • Oxidation-Reduction
  • Palmitoyl Coenzyme A / metabolism
  • Sebaceous Glands / metabolism*
  • Waxes / metabolism*

Substances

  • Alcohols
  • Esters
  • Fatty Alcohols
  • Hydroxy Acids
  • Waxes
  • Palmitoyl Coenzyme A
  • Fatty Acid Desaturases