Diacylglycerol acyltransferase 2 acts upstream of diacylglycerol acyltransferase 1 and utilizes nascent diglycerides and de novo synthesized fatty acids in HepG2 cells

FEBS Journal

Volumn 279, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 3033-3047

  Wurie, Haja R ^a   Buckett, Linda ^b   Zammit, Victor A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DGAT1; DGAT2; diacylglycerol acyltransferases; liver; triglyceride

Indexed keywords

DIACYLGLYCEROL; DIACYLGLYCEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE 1; DIACYLGLYCEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE 2; ENZYME INHIBITOR; FATTY ACID; GLYCEROL; OLEIC ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN HEPG2; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ESTERIFICATION; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIPOGENESIS; LIPOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CELL LINE, TUMOR; DIACYLGLYCEROL O-ACYLTRANSFERASE; DIGLYCERIDES; FATTY ACIDS; GENE SILENCING; HUMANS; KINETICS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

MUS;

EID: 84865227832     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2012.08684.x     Document Type: Article

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