Term Information

Accession
GO:0030497
Name
fatty acid elongation
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
None
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The elongation of a fatty acid chain by the sequential addition of two-carbon units. Source: ISBN:0716720094
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0030497 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of fatty acid elongation (GO:0030497)
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fatty acid elongation [is_a relation] is_a  fatty acid biosynthetic process (GO:0006633)
Children of fatty acid elongation (GO:0030497)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
fatty acid elongation, unsaturated fatty acid (GO:0019368) [is_a relation] is_a  fatty acid elongation
fatty acid elongation, saturated fatty acid (GO:0019367) [is_a relation] is_a  fatty acid elongation
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