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| Title |
Fatty acyl-CoA reductases of birds
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Molecular and Cell Biology, December 2011
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2091-12-64 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Janine Hellenbrand, Eva-Maria Biester, Jens Gruber, Mats Hamberg, Margrit Frentzen |
| Abstract |
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 contains branched-chain fatty acids and unbranched fatty alcohols, whereas that of barn owl contains fatty acids and alcohols both of which are branched. Alcohol-forming fatty acyl-CoA reductases (FAR) catalyze the reduction of activated acyl groups to fatty alcohols that can be esterified with acyl-CoA thioesters forming wax esters. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 50% |
| Unknown | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 50% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 50% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| New Zealand | 2 | 4% |
| Sweden | 1 | 2% |
| Germany | 1 | 2% |
| Argentina | 1 | 2% |
| Japan | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 47 | 89% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 16 | 30% |
| Researcher | 10 | 19% |
| Student > Master | 6 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 6% |
| Other | 3 | 6% |
| Other | 8 | 15% |
| Unknown | 7 | 13% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 27 | 51% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 13 | 25% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 2 | 4% |
| Engineering | 2 | 4% |
| Chemistry | 2 | 4% |
| Other | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 6 | 11% |
Attention Score in Context
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