Protein O-GlcNAcylation: The sweet hub in liver metabolic flexibility from a (patho)physiological perspective

Ya-Jie Hu1, Xu Zhang1, Hong-Ming Lv1

  • 1Key Laboratory of Bovine Disease Control in Northeast China of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural affairs of the People's Republic of China, College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Heilongjiang Bayi Agricultural University, Daqing, China.

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