Comparative genomics and functional study of lipid metabolic genes in Caenorhabditis elegans

BMC Genomics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Zhang, Yuru ^a   Zou, Xiaoju ^b   Ding, Yihong ^a   Wang, Haizhen ^a   Wu, Xiaoyun ^a   Liang, Bin ^a  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b KUNMING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Comparative genomics; Fat storage; Lipid metabolism; RNAi

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC DATABASE; HUMAN; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID METABOLIC GENE; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPID STORAGE; METABOLIC DISORDER; METABOLIC REGULATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTION; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DATABASES, GENETIC; GENOMICS; HUMANS; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPIDS; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 84874805056     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-14-164     Document Type: Article

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