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Review
. 2001 Jun 5;11(11):R446-9.
doi: 10.1016/s0960-9822(01)00257-3.

Lipid droplets: proteins floating on a pool of fat

D A Brown  1
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Lipid droplets: proteins floating on a pool of fat

D A Brown. Curr Biol. .
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Abstract

Proteins on the surface of lipid storage droplets are crucial to droplet structure and function, but are poorly understood. Recent reports reveal a function for perilipins, major lipid droplet proteins in adipocytes, and show that caveolin proteins can accumulate on lipid droplets.

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