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A 45 kDa protein related to PPARgamma2, induced by peroxisome proliferators, is located in the mitochondrial matrix

F Casas1, L Domenjoud, P Rochard

  • 1UMR Differenciation Cellulaire et Croissance, Unité d'Endocrinologie Cellulaire, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, place Viala, 34060 Montpellier Cedex 1, France. casasf@ensam.inra.fr

FEBS Letters
|August 3, 2000
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