New trends in Aryl hydrocarbon receptor biology

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 4, Issue MAY, 2016, Pages

  Mulero Navarro, Sonia ^a   Fernandez Salguero, Pedro M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aryl hydrocarbon receptor; Differentiation; Endogenous ligand; Epigenetics; Pluripotency; Therapeutic target; Transposons

Indexed keywords

EID: 85028009932     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2296634X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2016.00045     Document Type: Review

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