Loss of a Neural AMP-Activated Kinase Mimics the Effects of Elevated Serotonin on Fat, Movement, and Hormonal Secretions

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Cunningham, Katherine A ^a   Bouagnon, Aude D ^a   Barros, Alexandre G ^b   Lin, Lin ^a   Malard, Leandro ^c   Romano Silva, Marco Aurélio ^b   Ashrafi, Kaveh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Faculdade de Medicina   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE KINASE; SEROTONIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; AAK-2 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; DAF-28 PROTEIN, C. ELEGANS; DAF-7 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; INSULIN RECEPTOR; LIPID; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE;

AAK 1 GENE; AAK 2 GENE; ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DOWN REGULATION; GENE INACTIVATION; HORMONE RELEASE; LIPID METABOLISM; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; REGULATOR GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYTOLOGY; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENZYMOLOGY; FOOD; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LONGEVITY; METABOLISM; NERVOUS SYSTEM; RNA INTERFERENCE; SECRETORY VESICLE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

AMP-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; ENERGY METABOLISM; FOOD; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HELMINTH; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPIDS; LONGEVITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RECEPTOR, INSULIN; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SECRETORY VESICLES; SEROTONIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE;

EID: 84903482476     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004394     Document Type: Article

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