Lipoxygenase activity in diatoms : a new tool to study the antiproliferative effects of diatoms on copepod reproduction

The deleterious effects of maternal diatom diets on copepod embryonic development have been puzzling the scientific community for the past 15 years. Since the discovery of the first anti-mitotic compounds, polyunsaturated aldehydes deriving from fatty acid oxidation,our knowledge of the oxylipin met...

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Main Author: Gerecht, Andrea Cornelia
Published: Open University 2010
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.520779