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Caption: Normal mice fed a diet deficient in leucine do not accumulate fat in their liver (left panel) whereas mutant mice that lack the GCN2 enzyme develop a massive accumulation of fat (severe hepatic steatosis), as seen in the right panel (red droplets).
Credit: Douglas Cavener Lab, Penn State
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