Flavonoids as hormones: A perspective from an analysis of molecular fossils

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 439, Issue , 1998, Pages 249-267

  Baker, Michael E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAVONOID; PROSTAGLANDIN; STEROID RECEPTOR; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FOSSIL; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0031658774     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-5335-9_18     Document Type: Article

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