FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term fatty acid elongation ID (Ontology) GO:0030497 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The elongation of a fatty acid chain by the sequential addition of two-carbon units.[ ISBN:0716720094 ]
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Genes (FBgn)  GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS      22
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 fatty acid elongation (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)       1     22
     involved_in | fatty acid elongation       --      22
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fatty acid metabolic process______________
lipid biosynthetic process________________|
monocarboxylic acid biosynthetic process__|
                                          fatty acid biosynthetic process
                                           |__fatty acid elongation  24 rec.
                                               |__fatty acid elongation, saturated fatty acid 20 rec.
                                               |__fatty acid elongation, unsaturated fatty acid 20 rec.
                                                   |__fatty acid elongation, monounsaturated fatty acid 20 rec.
                                                   |__fatty acid elongation, polyunsaturated fatty acid 20 rec.
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