Young-ah Moon, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor
Molecular Genetics

Contact Information

UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390

Office Phone: 214-648-2141
Office Fax: 214-648-8804

young-ah.moon@utsouthwestern.edu

Education

Graduate SchoolYonsei University, Seoul, Korea (1997)
Graduate SchoolYonsei University, Seoul, Korea (1994)
Graduate SchoolYonsei University, Seoul, Korea (1992)

Research Interests

fatty acid metabolism
lipoprotein metabolism

Publications

Featured
Identification of two mammalian reductases involved in the two-carbon fatty acyl elongation cascade

Y-A. Moon and J.D. Horton , J. Biol. Chem. , 2003; (278):7335-7343

Featured
Identification of a mammalian long chain fatty acyl elongase regulated by sterol regulatory element-binding proteins

Y-A. Moon, N.A. Shah, S. Mohapatra, J.A. Warrington and J.D. Horton , J. Biol. Chem. , 2001; (276):45358-45366