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From Fat to Fat-1: A Tale of Omega-3 Fatty Acids

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Acknowledgement

The author would like to acknowledge the contributions of **gdong Wang, Lin Wu and Zhao B. Kang to this work and thank Dr. John Browse for generously providing the C. elegans fat-1 cDNA and Dr. Jun-ichi Miyazaki for providing the CAG promotor. The author is also grateful to Dr. Alexander Leaf for his long-time support and encouragement. This work was supported by grants from the National Institute of Health, the American Cancer Society and the American Institute for Cancer Research.

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Kang, J.X. From Fat to Fat-1: A Tale of Omega-3 Fatty Acids. J Membrane Biol 206, 165–172 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00232-005-0790-3

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