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Science 23 June 2006:
Vol. 312. no. 5781, pp. 1756 - 1758
DOI: 10.1126/science.1130476

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CELL SIGNALING:
A New Way to Burn Fat

Jaap G. Neels and Jerrold M. Olefsky

Acetyl-CoA carboxylase controls fat storage and utilization in adipose cells. An important regulator of this enzyme modulates its degradation and is a potential therapeutic target for treatment of insulin resistance and obesity.


The authors are in the Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0673, USA. E-mail: jolefsky{at}ucsd.edu

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