TORCing up metabolic control in the brain

Ville Hietakangas1, Stephen M Cohen

  • 1Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, 1 Research Link, Singapore 11706. ville@tll.org.sg

Cell Metabolism
|May 8, 2008
PubMed

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