A lipid droplet-associated gfp reporter-based screen identifies new fat storage regulators in c. elegans

Journal of Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 305-313

  Liu, Zhenglong ^a,b   Li, Xia ^a   Ge, Qinlan ^a,b   Ding, Mei ^a   Huang, Xun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Fat storage; Lipid droplet; PLIN1

Indexed keywords

DYE; FAT DROPLET; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PERILIPIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; PERILIPIN 1; PHOSPHOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; FAT BODY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETIC SCREENING; LIPID STORAGE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAMAN SCATTERING MICROSCOPY; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; REGULATOR GENE; REPORTER GENE; RNA INTERFERENCE; ANIMAL; GENETICS; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CARRIER PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LIPID DROPLETS; LIPID METABOLISM; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; RNA INTERFERENCE;

EID: 84901620189     PISSN: 16738527     EISSN: 18735533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jgg.2014.03.002     Document Type: Article

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