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. 1976 Oct 1;159(1):181–184. doi: 10.1042/bj1590181

Molecular weight and subunit size of fatty acid synthetase from rabbit mammary gland.

N Paskin, R J Mayer
PMCID: PMC1164055  PMID: 999638

Abstract

Fatty acid synthetase purified from the mammary gland of the rabbit has a mol. wt. of 968000 as determined by gel filtration. The enzyme gave one band, corresponding to a mol.wt. of approx. 35000, on polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulphate and phenylmethanesulphonyl fluoride.

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