Transcriptional regulation of the mitochondrial citrate and carnitine/acylcarnitine transporters: Two genes involved in fatty acid biosynthesis and β-oxidation

Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 284-303

  Iacobazzi, Vito ^a,b   Infantino, Vittoria ^a,c   Palmieri, Ferdinando ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carnitine carrier; Citrate carrier; Gene expression; Mitochondrial transporters; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899096762     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20797737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/biology2010284     Document Type: Review

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