Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids
Volume 82, Issue 2 , Pages 121-129 , February 2010

Cloning, purification and characterization of non-human primate 12/15-lipoxygenases

  • M. Johannesson

      Affiliations

    • Orexo AB, P.O. Box 303, 751 05 Uppsala, Stockholm, Sweden
    • ,
  • L. Backman

      Affiliations

    • Orexo AB, P.O. Box 303, 751 05 Uppsala, Stockholm, Sweden
    • ,
  • H.-E. Claesson

      Affiliations

    • Orexo AB, P.O. Box 303, 751 05 Uppsala, Stockholm, Sweden
    • Department of Medical Biophysics and Biochemistry, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
    • ,
  • P.K.A. Forsell

      Affiliations

    • Orexo AB, P.O. Box 303, 751 05 Uppsala, Stockholm, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +46187808954; fax.: +46187808999.

Received 19 August 2009 ,Revised 7 October 2009 ,Accepted 29 November 2009.

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☆ Grant support: This work was financially supported by Orexo AB, Karolinska Institutet and by the European Commission FP6 Grant LSHM-CT-2004-005033.

PII: S0952-3278(09)00202-6

doi: 10.1016/j.plefa.2009.11.006

Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids
Volume 82, Issue 2 , Pages 121-129 , February 2010

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