Seasonal changes in enzymes of lipogenesis and triacylglycerol synthesis in the golden-mantled ground squirrel (Spermophilus lateralis)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 261-267

  Wang, Ping ^a   Walter, Rita D ^a   Bhat, B Ganesh ^a   Florant, Gregory L ^b   Coleman, Rosalind A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acyltransferase; Brown adipose tissue; Hibernation; Lipid metabolism; Squirrel; White adipose tissue

Indexed keywords

ACYLGLYCEROL PALMITOYLTRANSFERASE; ACYLTRANSFERASE; DIACYLGLYCEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE; FATTY ACID SYNTHASE; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID COENZYME A LIGASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SQUIRREL; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE;

ANIMALIA; MARMOTA FLAVIVENTRIS; SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS LATERALIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031466672     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(97)00102-8     Document Type: Article

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