Perilipins: a diversity of intracellular lipid droplet proteins
Abstract Intracellular lipid droplets (LDs) are found in a wide variety of cell types and have been recognized as organelles with unique spherical structures. Although LDs are not stable lipid-depots, they are active sites of neutral lipid metabolism, and comprise neutral lipid or cholesterol cores...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-04-01
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Series: | Lipids in Health and Disease |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12944-017-0473-y |