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Loss of the seipin gene perturbs eggshell formation in Caenorhabditiselegans.
Development (Cambridge, England) - 16 Oct 2020
Bai Xiaofei, Huang Leng-Jie, Chen Sheng-Wen, Nebenfuehr Benjamin, Wysolmerski Brian, Wu Jui-Ching, Olson Sara K, Golden Andy, Wang Chao-Wen
Abstract excerpt
Seipin, an evolutionary conserved protein, plays pivotal roles during lipid droplet (LD) biogenesis and is associated with various human diseases with unclear mechanisms. Here, we analyzed Caenorhabditis elegans mutants deleted of the sole SEIPIN gene, seip-1 Homozygous seip-1 mutants displayed penetrant embryonic lethality, which is caused by the disruption of the lipid-rich permeability barrier, the innermost...
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