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Biosynthesis of the novel fatty acid, 17-methyl-cis-9,10-methyleneoctadecanoic acid, by the parasitic protozoan,Herpetomonas megaseliae

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Herpetomonas megaseliae, a flagellate protozoan parasite of the gut of a dipteran,Megaselia scalaris, is shown by chromatographic, spectrometric and radiotracer methods to synthesize de novo aniso-branched chain cyclopropane fatty acid, 17-methyl-cis-9,10-methyleneoctadecanoic acid.

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  1. W. R. Fish

    Present address: Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, 20814, Bethesda, MD

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  1. Department of Microbiology, State University of New York, Upstate Medical Center, 13210, Syracuse, NY

    G. G. Holz Jr., D. H. Beach, B. N. Singh & W. R. Fish

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Holz, G.G., Beach, D.H., Singh, B.N. et al. Biosynthesis of the novel fatty acid, 17-methyl-cis-9,10-methyleneoctadecanoic acid, by the parasitic protozoan,Herpetomonas megaseliae . Lipids 18, 607–610 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02534670

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