Monomethyl branched-chain fatty acids play an essential role in Caenorhabditis elegans development

PLoS Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2004, Pages

  Kniazeva, Marina ^a   Crawford, Quinn T ^a   Seiber, Matt ^a   Wang, Cun Yu ^b   Han, Min ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

13 METHYLMYRISTIC ACID; 15 METHYLHEXADECANOIC ACID; ENZYME; FATTY ACID; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; MYRISTIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PALMITIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACYLTRANSFERASE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ELO 5 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; ELO 6 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; ELO-5 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; ELO-6 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LPD 1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; LPD-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; STEROL REGULATORY ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN 1;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA MICROARRAY; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEEDING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH; GROWTH DISORDER; LARVAL STAGE; NONHUMAN; REGULATORY MECHANISM; ALLELE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REPORTER GENE; RNA INTERFERENCE; TIME;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EUKARYOTA; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; PROTOZOA;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; ALLELES; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATTY ACIDS; FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NEURONS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; RNA INTERFERENCE; STEROL REGULATORY ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN 1; TIME FACTORS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 19344363119     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0020257     Document Type: Article

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