Nutritional status modifies pregnane X receptor regulated transcriptome.
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SUBMITTER: Hassani-Nezhad-Gashti F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6853963 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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