A Lipoxygenase inhibitor is a drug which slows down or stops the action of the
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Lipoxygenase — Pfam box Symbol = Lipoxygenase Name = width =220 caption = Arachidonate 15 Lipoxygenase Pfam= PF00305 InterPro= IPR013819 SMART= PROSITE = PDOC00077 SCOP = 2sbl TCDB = OPM family= 87 OPM protein= 1zq4 PDB=PDB3|1y4kA:155 823 PDB3|2sblB:155 823… … Wikipedia
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