Cell metrics such as area, length, and width provide informative data about cell cycle dynamics. Factors that affect these dimensions include environmental conditions and genotypic differences. Fission yeast ( ) is a rod-shaped ascomycete fungus in which cell cycle progression is linked to changes in cell length.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDGAT2 is a transmembrane protein encoded by the DGAT2 gene that functions in lipid metabolism, triacylglycerol synthesis, and lipid droplet regulation. Cancer cells exhibit altered lipid metabolism and mutations in DGAT2 may contribute to this state. Using data from the Catalogue of Somatic Mutations in Cancer (COSMIC), we analyzed all cancer genetic DGAT2 alterations, including mutations, copy number variations and gene expression.
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