A muscular twist on the fate of fat

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 366, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 1544-1545

  Pedersen, Bente Klarlund ^a,b  

^a International Center for Research and Research Training in Endocrine Disruption of Male Reproduction and Child Health   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRONECTIN; FIBRONECTIN TYPE III DOMAIN CONTAINING 5 PROTEIN; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA COACTIVATOR 1ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1;

ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMAN; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SECRETION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE;

EID: 84859811805     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcibr1201024     Document Type: Article

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