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Nuclear hormone receptors are powerful regulators of stem cell maintenance, differentiation, metabolism and function
1Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Research Center for Molecular Medicine, University of Debrecen, Medical and Health Science Center, Egyetem tér 1., Debrecen H-4012, Hungary; MTA-DE "Lendulet" Immunogenomics Research Group, University of Debrecen, Debrecen H-4012, Hungary.
Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology
|November 5, 2013
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