Fatty Acids Regulate Germline Sex Determination through ACS-4-Dependent Myristoylation

Cell

Volumn 169, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 457-469.e13

  Tang, Hongyun ^a   Han, Min ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

ACS; acyl CoA synthetase; environmental sex determination; ESD; fem 3; fog 3; germ cell fate; lipase; MAP kinase; myristic acid; nutrient sensing; oogenesis

Indexed keywords

ACS 4 PROTEIN; FATTY ACID; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID COENZYME A LIGASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACETATE COENZYME A LIGASE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; MYRISTIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL FATE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GERM CELL; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPOLYSIS; MALE; MYRISTYLATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; SEX DETERMINATION; ANIMAL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESS;

ACETATE-COA LIGASE; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; FATTY ACIDS; MUTATION; MYRISTIC ACID; OOCYTES; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES;

EID: 85018508671     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: 10974172     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2017.03.049     Document Type: Article

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