Elliott & Elliott: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 4e
Chapter 14
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Fatty acid synthase
Smith, S. (1994). The animal fatty acid synthase: one gene, one polypeptide, seven enzymes. FASEB J., 8, 1248-59.
Illustrated article on the structure and function of this remarkable protein.
Membrane lipid synthesis
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Review on membrane lipids, their site of synthesis, transport, and assembly into membranes.
Rooney, S. A., Young, S. L., and Mendelson, C. R. (1994). Molecular and cellular processing of lung surfactant. FASEB J., 8, 957-67.
Reviews a more physiological role of phospholipid - that of lining the alveoli.
Kent, C. (1995). Eukaryotic phospholipid biosynthesis. Annu. Rev. Biochem., 64, 315-43 [DOI: 10.1146/annurev.bi.64.070195.001531].
An account of the various pathways for the synthesis of the membrane phospholipids.
Kent, C. and Carman, G. M. (1999). Interactions among pathways for phosphatidylcholine metabolism, CTP synthesis and secretion through the Golgi apparatus. Trends Biochem. Sci., 24, 146-50 [DOI: 10.1016/S0968-0004(99)01365-1].
Prostaglandins, thromboxanes, and cyclooxygenases
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Foral, P. A., et al. (2003). Gastrointestinal-related adverse effects of COX-2 inhibitors. Drugs Today, 39, 939-48 [DOI: 10.1358/dot.2003.39.12.799412].
Fitzpatrick, F. A. (2004). Cyclooxygenase enzymes: regulation and function. Curr. Pharm. Des., 10, 577-88 [DOI: 10.2174/1381612043453144].
Garaj, N. M. (2003). Cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors. Anesth. Analg., 96, 1720-38 [DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000061461.55712.C5].
Ramalingam, S. and Belani, C. P. (2004). Cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors in lung cancer. Clin. Lung Cancer, 5, 245-33 [DOI: 10.3816/CLC.2004.n.006].
Wong, D., Wang, M., Cheng, Y., and FitzGerald, G. A. (2005). Cardiovascular hazard and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Current Opinion in Pharmacol., 5, 204-10 [DOI: 10.1016/j.coph.2005.02.001].
Smith, W. L. (2008). Nutritionally essential fatty acids and biologically indispensable cyclooxygenases. Trends Biochem. Sci., 33, 27-37 [DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2007.09.013].


