The estrogen-related receptors: Orphans orchestrating myriad functions

Journal of Receptors and Signal Transduction

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 47-56

  Ranhotra, Harmit S ^a  

^a St Edmunds College   (India)

Author keywords

Energy metabolism; Metabolic clock; Orphan nuclear receptors; Tissue physiology

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RELATED RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RELATED RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RELATED RECEPTOR BETA; ESTROGEN RELATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; STEROID RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADIPOCYTE; CANCER GROWTH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DOWN REGULATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART FUNCTION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MOLECULAR CLOCK; NONHUMAN; OSTEOBLAST; OSTEOCLAST; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MICE; ORPHAN NUCLEAR RECEPTORS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; METAZOA; MUS;

EID: 84858256941     PISSN: 10799893     EISSN: 15324281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10799893.2011.647350     Document Type: Review

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