Surveillance pathway tells cells when they run low on lipids (IMAGE)

UT Southwestern Medical Center

Surveillance pathway tells cells when they run low on lipids

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Micrograph of the soil-dwelling worm, C. elegans, shows the cellular location of the fluorescent protein, nuclear hormone receptor 49 or NHR-49. Adult animals have been deprived of food for 24 hours, which promotes the accumulation of NHR-49 within the nuclei of intestinal cells of the worm.

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