"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)
| Descriptor ID |
D000473
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.455.326.146
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| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Alkanes" by people in Profiles.
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A Strong Hybrid Fatty Acid Inducible Transcriptional Sensor Built From Yarrowia lipolytica Upstream Activating and Regulatory Sequences. Biotechnol J. 2017 Oct; 12(10).
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Improved Deconvolution of Protein Targets for Bioactive Compounds Using a Palladium Cleavable Chloroalkane Capture Tag. ACS Chem Biol. 2016 09 16; 11(9):2608-17.
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Deciphering the Cellular Targets of Bioactive Compounds Using a Chloroalkane Capture Tag. ACS Chem Biol. 2015 Oct 16; 10(10):2316-24.
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Liquid-liquid interfaces of semifluorinated alkane diblock copolymers with water, alkanes, and perfluorinated alkanes. J Phys Chem B. 2008 Dec 18; 112(50):16012-20.
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Chain length specificity for activation of cPLA2alpha by C1P: use of the dodecane delivery system to determine lipid-specific effects. J Lipid Res. 2009 Oct; 50(10):1986-95.
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Determination of the surface pK of carboxylic- and amine-terminated alkanethiols using surface plasmon resonance spectroscopy. Langmuir. 2008 Feb 05; 24(3):837-43.
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Effects of resin hydrophilicity on water sorption and changes in modulus of elasticity. Biomaterials. 2005 Nov; 26(33):6449-59.
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Electron transfer at self-assembled monolayers measured by scanning electrochemical microscopy. J Am Chem Soc. 2004 Feb 11; 126(5):1485-92.
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Effectiveness of cleaning surgical implants: quantitative analysis of contaminant removal. J Appl Biomater. 1995; 6(1):1-7.