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A metabolic minuet

Two related nuclear receptors mediate circadian fat metabolism in two different tissues using a lipid messenger as an intermediary. This signalling pathway might be relevant to the understanding of metabolic disorders. See Letter p.550

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Figure 1: Cross-tissue regulation of fat metabolism.

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