Adipocyte differentiation: A transcriptional regulatory cascade

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 826-832

  Brun, Regina P ^a   Kim, Jae B ^a   Hu, Erding ^a   Altiok, Soner ^a   Spiegelman, Bruce M ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR; THIAZOLIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ADIPOCYTE; ADIPOSE TISSUE CELL; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENERGY BALANCE; ENHANCER REGION; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE;

EID: 0030560633     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-0674(96)80084-6     Document Type: Article

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