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Role of PGC-1α signaling in skeletal muscle health and disease

  1. Chounghun Kang,
  2. Li Li Ji

Article first published online: 10 OCT 2012

DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2012.06738.x

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Kang, C. and Li Ji, L. (2012), Role of PGC-1α signaling in skeletal muscle health and disease. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1271: 110–117. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2012.06738.x

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  1. School of Kinesiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

*Li Li Ji, Ph.D., School of Kinesiology, University of Minnesota, 111 Cooke Hall, 1900 University Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55455. llji@umn.edu

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