UC SAN DIEGO JACOBS SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING, METABOLIC SYSTEMS BIOLOGY LAB(See “Branched-chain amino acid catabolism fuels adipocyte differentiation and lipogenesis,” Nature Chemical Biology, 2015.)
Image of the Day: Assorted Adipose
Fat cells use glucose and certain amino acids to produce these accumulated lipid droplets (red).
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