"Alkanes" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The generic name for the group of aliphatic hydrocarbons Cn-H2n+2. They are denoted by the suffix -ane. (Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed)
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D000473
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.455.326.146
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Alkanes" by people in Profiles.
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Metabolic and spatio-taxonomic response of uncultivated seafloor bacteria following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. ISME J. 2017 11; 11(11):2569-2583.
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A polarizable force field of dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine based on the classical Drude model for molecular dynamics simulations of lipids. J Phys Chem B. 2013 Aug 08; 117(31):9142-60.
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Genetics of a difference in cuticular hydrocarbons between Drosophila pseudoobscura and D. persimilis. Genet Res. 1996 Oct; 68(2):117-23.
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Critical factors affecting the permeabilization of Drosophila embryos by alkanes. Cryobiology. 1992 Apr; 29(2):210-39.
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Reversal by DNA amplifications of an unusual mutation blocking alkane and alcohol utilization in Pseudomonas putida. Mol Gen Genet. 1984; 197(3):384-91.
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Physical structure, genetic content and expression of the alkBAC operon. Mol Gen Genet. 1984; 197(3):373-83.
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Pseudomonas hydrocarbon oxidation. Basic Life Sci. 1984; 28:229-38.
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Transposition of Tn7 in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and isolation of alk::Tn7 mutations. J Bacteriol. 1979 Jul; 139(1):264-9.