Human AGPAT isoforms 1 and 2: Biochemical characterization and their inability to rescue hepatic steatosis in Agpat2 lipodystrophic mice
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Anil K. Agarwal, Ph.D. Division of Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases Center for Human Nutrition Department of Internal Medicine University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center 5323 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, TX 75390, U.S.A. Ph: 214-648-7685 Fax: 214-648-0553 E-mail: [email protected] http://www.jbc.org/cgi/doi/10.1074/jbc.M111.250449 The latest version is at JBC Papers in Press. Published on August 27, 2011 as Manuscript M111.250449
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