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Drosophila: a model for understanding obesity and diabetic complications
A A Teleman1, I Ratzenböck, S Oldham
1German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany. a.teleman@dkfz.de
Abstract:
The molecular mechanisms underlying development of obesity and diabetic complications are not well understood. Drosophila has become a popular model organism for studying a variety of human diseases. We discuss here emerging Drosophila models of obesity and diabetic complications.
