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Drosophila long-chain acyl-CoA synthetase acts like a gap gene in embryonic segmentation.
Developmental biology - 15 May 2011
Zhang Yi, Zhang Yang, Gao Yu, Zhao Xi, Wang Zhaohui
Abstract excerpt
Long-chain acyl-CoA synthetases (ACSLs) convert the long chain fatty acids to acyl-CoA esters, the activated forms participating in diverse metabolic and signaling pathways. dAcsl is the Drosophila homolog of human ACSL4 and their functions are highly conserved in the processes ranging from lipid metabolism to the establishment of visual wiring. In this study, we demonstrate that both maternal and zygotic dAcsl...
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