Chromosomal mutagenesis, growth analysis, induction studies, and determination of kinetic parameters suggested that FadD1 has a substrate preference for long-chain FAs while FadD2 prefers shorter-chain FAs.
In his own studies on barn swallows, Dr. Moller found that females preferred males with elongated tails but males did not show a similar preference for long-tailed females.
Rarely will adversaries cooperate in fulfilling the American preference for long-range tank battles fought in the desert under skies dominated by American fighter-bombers and attack helicopters.
We found that students who read the fake article on the growing U.S. population, rather than one on rising squirrel populations, showed a greater preference for long-term relationships but not for fewer children.
A comparative analysis including mammalian acyl-CoA oxidase and the related tetrameric mitochondrial acyl-CoA dehydrogenases reveals a substrate-binding architecture that explains the observed preference for long-chained, mono-unsaturated substrates in ACX1.
