Two very long chain fatty acid acyl-CoA synthetase genes, acs-20 and acs-22, have roles in the cuticle surface barrier in Caenorhabditis elegans

• Main Authors: Kage-Nakadai E., Kobuna H., Kimura M., Gengyo-Ando K., Inoue T., Arai H., Mitani S.
• Other Authors: BIOCHEMISTRY
• Format: Article
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: fatty acid transporter 4; long chain fatty acid coenzyme A ligase; sphingomyelin; very long chain fatty acid; acs 20 gene; acs 22 gene; article; Caenorhabditis elegans; cuticle; enzyme activity; gene; gene function; human; mammal; microscopy; mutant; newborn death; nonhuman; protein deficiency; protein function; sequence homology; skin protection; stratum corneum; transgene; transmission electron microscopy; Animals; Coenzyme A Ligases; Fatty Acid Transport Proteins; Mutation; Sphingomyelins; Animalia; Mammalia; Mus
• Online Access: https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/161821
• Institution: National University of Singapore

10.1371/journal.pone.0008857