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Drosophila nutrigenomics can provide clues to human gene-nutrient interactions.
Annual review of nutrition - 1 Jan 2005
Ruden Douglas M, De Luca Maria, Garfinkel Mark D, Bynum Kerry L, Lu Xiangyi
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Nutrigenomics refers to the complex effects of the nutritional environment on the genome, epigenome, and proteome of an organism. The diverse tissue- and organ-specific effects of diet include gene expression patterns, organization of the chromatin, and protein post-translational modifications. Long-term effects of diet range from obesity and associated diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease to...
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