C13C4.5/Spinster, an evolutionarily conserved protein that regulates fertility in C. elegans through a lysosome-mediated lipid metabolism process

Protein and Cell

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 364-372

  Han, Mei ^a,b   Chang, Hao ^a,c   Zhang, Peng ^a,b   Chen, Tao ^d   Zhao, Yanhua ^a   Zhang, Yongdeng ^a   Liu, Pingsheng ^a   Xu, Tao ^a   Xu, Pingyong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

C13C4.5; fertility; lipid droplet; lysosomal enlargement; Spinster; SRS microscopy

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; FAT DROPLET; LIPID; PROTEIN C13C4.5; SPINSTER PROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; C13C4.5 GENE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL FUNCTION; CELL LABELING; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAT CONTENT; FERTILITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE SILENCING; INFERTILITY; INTESTINE; LIPID METABOLISM; LYSOSOME; METABOLIC REGULATION; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STIMULATED RAMAN SCATTERING MICROSCOPY; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 84877037996     PISSN: 1674800X     EISSN: 16748018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13238-013-3015-z     Document Type: Article

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