The acyl coenzymeA:monoacylglycerol acyltransferase 3 (MGAT3) gene is a pseudogene in mice but encodes a functional enzyme in rats

Lipids

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 513-520

  Yue, Yong Gang ^a   Chen, Yan Qun ^a   Zhang, Youyan ^a   Wang, He ^a   Qian, Yue Wei ^a   Arnold, Jeffrey S ^a   Calley, John N ^a   Li, Shuyu D ^a   Perry III, William L ^a,b   Zhang, Hong Y ^a   Konrad, Robert J ^a   Cao, Guoqing ^a  

^a ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^b INTREXON CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Acyl coenzymeA:diacylglycerol acyltransferase (DGAT); Acyl coenzymeA:monoacylglycerol acyltransferase (MGAT); Diacylglycerol (DAG); Monoacylglycerol (MAG); Triacylglycerol (TAG)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN HEK293; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATTY ACYL COENZYME A MONOACYLGLYCEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE 3 GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTESTINE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANCREAS; PSEUDOGENE; STOP CODON;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; HUMANS; MICE; PSEUDOGENES; RATS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANIMALIA; MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 79955683753     PISSN: 00244201     EISSN: 15589307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11745-011-3537-1     Document Type: Article

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