Cystathionine beta-synthase deficiency causes fat loss in mice

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Gupta, Sapna ^a   Kruger, Warren D ^a  

^a FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE 1; CYSTATHIONINE BETA SYNTHASE; CYSTEINE; GLUTATHIONE; MESSENGER RNA; ACETYLCYSTEINE; ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; FAT; SCD1 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FAT CONTENT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMOCYSTINURIA; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATOR GENE; STEAROYL COA DESATURASE 1 GENE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CYSTATHIONINE BETA-SYNTHASE; CYSTEINE; FATS; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEAROYL-COA DESATURASE;

EID: 80855156750     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027598     Document Type: Article

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