Transcriptional co-activator PGC-1α drives the formation of slow-twitch muscle fibres

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Skeletal muscleMitochondrial biogenesisOxidative phosphorylationMitochondrionActivator (genetics)NRF1BiologyMyocytePeroxisomeCell biologyChemistryMyosinBiochemistryMolecular biologyGeneEndocrinology

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Year: 2002
Type: article
Volume: 418
Issue: 6899
Pages: 797-801
Citations: 2487
Access: Closed

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                                    Jiandie D. Lin, 
                                
                                    Haiyan Wu, 
                                
                                    Paul T. Tarr
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2002). 
                            Transcriptional co-activator PGC-1α drives the formation of slow-twitch muscle fibres. 
                            Nature
                            , 418
                            (6899)
                            , 797-801.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/nature00904
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/nature00904