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peroxisomes in
mammalian cells,
allowing the
discovery of the
import targeting signal for
peroxisomes, and
triggering many
advances in the
peroxisome...
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identified in
Xenopus frogs as
receptors that
induce the
proliferation of
peroxisomes in
cells in 1992. The
first PPAR (PPARα) was
discovered in 1990 during...
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occurs in
peroxisomes when the
fatty acid
chains are too long to be
processed by the mitochondria. The same
enzymes are used in
peroxisomes as in the...
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Peroxisome proliferator-activated
receptor gamma (PPAR-γ or PPARG), also
known as the
glitazone reverse insulin resistance receptor, or NR1C3 (nuclear...
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diverse class of
rodent hepatocarcinogens that
causes proliferation of
peroxisomes. PPAR-α is
primarily activated through ligand binding.
Endogenous ligands...
- plants, protozoa, and animals.
Organelles in the
microbody family include peroxisomes, glyoxysomes,
glycosomes and hydrogenosomes. In vertebrates, microbodies...
- name
peroxisomes for the
organelles as they are
involved in
peroxidase reactions. In 1968 he
achieved the
first large-scale
preparation of
peroxisomes, confirming...
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congenital disorder characterized by the
reduction or
absence of
functional peroxisomes in the
cells of an individual. It is one of a
family of
disorders called...
- PPAR
agonists are
drugs which act upon the
peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor. They are used for the
treatment of
symptoms of the
metabolic syndrome...
- peptides.
While most
signal peptides are
found at the N-terminal, in
peroxisomes the
targeting sequence is
located on the C-terminal extension. Unlike...
