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Targeting PGC-1α to control energy homeostasis

Zhidan Wu Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Inc., 100 Technology Square, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA [email protected]
, PhD &
Olivier Boss Sirtris Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cambridge, MA 02139, USA [email protected]
, PhD
Pages 1329-1338 | Published online: 02 Oct 2007

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