Genetic regulation of unsaturated fatty acid composition in C. elegans

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 0997-1005

  Brock, Trisha J ^a   Browse, John ^a   Watts, Jennifer L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; FAT 5 ENZYME; FAT 6 ENZYME; FAT 7 ENZYME; HORMONE RECEPTOR; PROTEIN NHR 80; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC REGULATION; LIFESPAN; LIPID COMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; MUTATION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MUTATION; STEAROYL-COA DESATURASE; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33746653423     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0020108     Document Type: Article

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