Lipid droplet growth: regulation of a dynamic organelle

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 47, Issue , 2017, Pages 9-15

  Barneda, David ^a   Christian, Mark ^b  

^a ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAT DROPLET; LIPID; PHOSPHOLIPID; PROTEIN;

BROWN ADIPOCYTE; CELL GROWTH; CELL ORGANELLE; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENERGY METABOLISM; EUKARYOTIC CELL; HUMAN; ORGANELLE BIOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WHITE ADIPOCYTE; ADIPOCYTE; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM;

ADIPOCYTES; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; LIPID DROPLETS; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPIDS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PROTEINS;

EID: 85013254075     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: 18790410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2017.02.002     Document Type: Review

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