Schlank, a member of the ceramide synthase family controls growth and body fat in Drosophila

EMBO Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 3706-3716

  Bauer, Reinhard ^a   Voelzmann, André ^a   Breiden, Bernadette ^a   Schepers, Ute ^a   Farwanah, Hany ^a   Hahn, Ines ^a   Eckardt, Franka ^a   Sandhoff, Konrad ^a   Hoch, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Body fat metabolism; Ceramide synthases; Lass 2; Schlank; SREBP

Indexed keywords

CERAMIDE DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN SCHLANK; SPHINGOLIPID; SPHINGOSINE ACYLTRANSFERASE; STEROL REGULATORY ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BODY FAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; DROSOPHILA; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPID STORAGE; LIPOGENESIS; LIPOLYSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; LARVA; LIPOGENESIS; LIPOLYSIS; MALE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OXIDOREDUCTASES;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 71249164368     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2009.305     Document Type: Article

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