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Transgenic Mice Convert Carbohydrates to Essential Fatty Acids
Transgenic mice (named “Omega mice”) were engineered to carry both optimized fat-1 and fat-2 genes from the roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans and are capable of producing essential omega-6 and omega-3 fatty acids from saturated fats or carbohydrates. When maintained on a high-saturated fat diet lacki...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2014
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4023978/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24836606 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0097637 |