Essays about: "obesity linked-genes"

Found 1 essay containing the words obesity linked-genes.

  1. 1. Obesity-linked genes' regulation in Drosophila melanogaster

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Microbiology

    Author : Zaid Khan; [2016]
    Keywords : obesity linked-genes; starvation in Drosophila; TfAP-2; Twz;

    Abstract : There are several serious diseases such as cancer, diabetes and obesity in this modern world. Insects are mostly used to investigate the functions of neuropeptides in regulation of feeding behavior and starvation. In D. melanogaster the regulation of Twz, TfAp2, Hmgcr and G9a were significantly affected by different periods of starvation. READ MORE