... synthase gene in adipocytes. adipocyte fatty acid synthesis upstream stimulating factor (USF) valproic acid FAS (fatty acid synthase) plays a central role in lipogenesis in mammals [ 13 ], and catalyses the synthesis of long-chain fatty acids from acetyl-CoA and malonyl-CoA [ 14 ]. FAS...

... expression methylation nuclear factor Y (NF-Y) sodium–vitamin C co-transporter 2 (SVCT2) upstream stimulating factor (USF) The reporter constructs for the exon 1a promoter and the various exon 1a mutants as indicated were prepared by PCR with −1983/+266-luc (luciferase) [ 9 ] as the template...