The Sterol-C7 desaturase from the ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila is a Rieske Oxygenase, which is highly conserved in animals.

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• Publication year

  2013

• Venue

  Molecular biology and evolution

• Publication date

  2013-07-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Chemistry, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1093/molbev/mst076PMID 23603937
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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