Nuclear receptor regulation of cholesterol and bile acid metabolism

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 557-563

  Repa, Joyce J ^a   Mangelsdorf, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILE ACID; CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; CHOLESTEROL; DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HORMONE RECEPTOR; LIVER X RECEPTOR; STEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BILE ACID METABOLISM; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; LIVER METABOLISM; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0032736052     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-1669(99)00031-2     Document Type: Review

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