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Steven M Sparks1, Grace Chen2, Jon L Collins1

  • 1Enteroendocrine Discovery Performance Unit, GlaxoSmithKline, PO Box 13398, Research Triangle Park, NC 27705, United States.

Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters
|June 3, 2014
PubMed

Keywords:
FFA4Free fatty acid receptor 4Free fatty acid receptor 4 agonistFree fatty acid receptor 4 antagonistGPR120

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