Exploring sterol and lipid biology in the functional genomic era

Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 341-351

  Traini, Mathew ^a   Jessup, Wendy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cholesterol; Functional genomics; Lipid droplet; Lipids; Obesity; Sterols

Indexed keywords

ADIPOPHILIN; BREFELDIN A; CHOLESTEROL; COAT PROTEIN COMPLEX I; DIACYLGLYCEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE; ERGOSTEROL; FAT DROPLET; GENOMIC DNA; LIPID; MEVINOLIN; NYSTATIN; STEROL;

ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; CONGENITAL GENERALIZED LIPODYSTROPHY; DNA DAMAGE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL VIABILITY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPID STORAGE; LIPID TRANSPORT; LIPOLYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPIDS; STEROLS;

EID: 84856462164     PISSN: 13892010     EISSN: 18734316     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138920112799095329     Document Type: Review

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