Obesity resistance and multiple mechanisms of triglyceride synthesis in mice lacking Dgat

Nature Genetics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 87-90

  Smith, Steven J ^a   Cases, Sylvaine ^a   Jensen, Dalan R ^c   Chen, Hubert C ^a,b   Sande, Eric ^a   Tow, Bryan ^a   Sanan, David A ^a   Raber, Jacob ^a,b   Eckel, Robert H ^c   Farese Jr , Robert V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROSOME ENZYME; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; GENETIC DISORDER; LACTATION; LIPOGENESIS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABSORPTION; ACYLTRANSFERASES; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CALORIMETRY; DIACYLGLYCEROL O-ACYLTRANSFERASE; DIETARY FATS; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; OBESITY; TRIGLYCERIDES;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0034103658     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/75651     Document Type: Article

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