... (C ⁄ EBPb) and C ⁄ EBPd at the immediate early phase. Takentogether, these results show that fad49, a novel gene, plays a crucial role inthe immediate early stage of adipogenesis.AbbreviationsaP2, ... 1266–1271.fad49 plays a crucial role in adipogenesis T. Hishida et al.5588 FEBS Journal 275 (2008) 5576–5588 ª 2008 The Authors Journal compilation ª 2008 FEBSA novel gene, fad49, plays a crucial ... the early stage of the differentiation programme, includingMCE and induction of the C ⁄ EBPb and C⁄ EBPdgenes, remain to be elucidated.In order to clarify the molecular mechanisms in theearly...