Triglyceride synthesis: Insights from the cloning of diacylglycerol acyltransferase

Current Opinion in Lipidology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 229-234

  Farese Jr , Robert V ^a,b,c   Cases, Sylvaine ^a   Smith, Steven J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c GLADSTONE INSTITUTE OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIACYLGLYCEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CLONING; METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNTHESIS;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DIACYLGLYCEROL O-ACYLTRANSFERASE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; HUMANS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 0034128280     PISSN: 09579672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00041433-200006000-00002     Document Type: Review

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