A metabolomic strategy defines the regulation of lipid content and global metabolism by Δ9 desaturases in <it>Caenorhabditis elegans</it>

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p><it>Caenorhabditis elegans </it>provides a genetically tractable model organism to investigate the network of genes involved in fat metabolism and how regulation is perturbed to produce the complex phenotype of obesity. &...

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Main Authors: Castro Cecilia, Sar Funda, Shaw W Robert, Mishima Masanori, Miska Eric A, Griffin Julian L
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-01-01
Series:BMC Genomics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/13/36