A role for phosphatidic acid in the formation of "supersized" lipid droplets.

A role for phosphatidic acid in the formation of "supersized" lipid droplets.

Lipid droplets (LDs) are important cellular organelles that govern the storage and turnover of lipids. Little is known about how the size of LDs is controlled, although LDs of diverse sizes have been observed in different tissues and under different (patho)physiological conditions. Recent studies ha...

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Main Authors: Weihua Fei, Guanghou Shui, Yuxi Zhang, Natalie Krahmer, Charles Ferguson, Tamar S Kapterian, Ruby C Lin, Ian W Dawes, Andrew J Brown, Peng Li, Xun Huang, Robert G Parton, Markus R Wenk, Tobias C Walther, Hongyuan Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-07-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3145623?pdf=render

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