C. elegans fat storage and metabolic regulation

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids

Volumn 1791, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 474-478

  Mullaney, Brendan C ^a   Ashrafi, Kaveh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Fat storage; Metabolism

Indexed keywords

FAT; FATTY ACID; LIPID; LIPOPROTEIN;

ANATOMY; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGY; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL ACTIVITY; ENERGY BALANCE; ENVIRONMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FATTY ACID TRANSPORT; GENETICS; HOMEOSTASIS; LIPID STORAGE; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; ENERGY METABOLISM; FATTY ACIDS; HOMEOSTASIS; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPOPROTEINS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; METAZOA;

EID: 67349256839     PISSN: 13881981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2008.12.013     Document Type: Review

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