Molecular characterization and tissue distribution of carnitine palmitoyltransferases in Chinese mitten crab Eriocheir sinensis and the effect of dietary fish oil replacement on their expression in the hepatopancreas.

The carnitine palmitoyltransferase (CPT) family includes CPT 1 and CPT 2 that transport long-chain fatty acids into the mitochondrial compartment for β-oxidation. In this study, three isoforms (CPT 1α, CPT 1β and CPT 2) of the CPT family were cloned from Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis) and...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Li Liu, Xiaowen Long, Deng Deng, Yongxu Cheng, Xugan Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6070261?pdf=render