Minireview: Liver X receptor β: emerging roles in physiology and diseases

Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 129-136

  Gabbi, Chiara ^a   Warner, Margaret ^a   Gustafsson, Jan Åke ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIVER X RECEPTOR BETA;

CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; SHORT SURVEY;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMALS; DIET; DISEASE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

MUS;

EID: 58849094584     PISSN: 08888809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/me.2008-0398     Document Type: Short Survey

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