Caenorhabditis elegans as an emerging model for studying the basic biology of obesity

DMM Disease Models and Mechanisms

Volumn 2, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 224-229

  Jones, Kevin T ^a   Ashrafi, Kaveh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ENERGY BALANCE; HUMAN; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPID STORAGE; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE MODEL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENE; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENES, HELMINTH; LIPID METABOLISM; OBESITY;

EID: 67650305511     PISSN: 17548403     EISSN: 17548411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dmm.001933     Document Type: Review

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