Sterol regulatory element-binding proteins: Activators of cholesterol and fatty acid biosynthesis

Current Opinion in Lipidology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 143-150

  Horton, Jay D ^a   Shimomura, Lichiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; FATTY ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CCAAT-ENHANCER-BINDING PROTEINS; CHOLESTEROL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FATTY ACIDS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LIVER; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; STEROL REGULATORY ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0032892175     PISSN: 09579672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00041433-199904000-00008     Document Type: Review

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