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Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Transcription Factors > Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors > PPAR alpha
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear > Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors > PPAR alpha

Preferred term

PPAR alpha  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Peroxisome Proliferator Activated Receptor alpha
  • Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor alpha
  • PPARalpha

Scope note

  • A nuclear transcription factor. Heterodimerization with RETINOID X RECEPTOR GAMMA is important to metabolism of LIPIDS. It is the target of FIBRATES to control HYPERLIPIDEMIAS.

History note

  • 2005(1992)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D047493

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