Master gene plays key role in blood sugar levels

Thursday, November 27, 2008 - 15:07 in Health & Medicine

When mice that lack steroid receptor-2 (SRC-2) - a master regulator gene called a coactivator - fast for a day, their blood sugar levels plummet. If they go another day without food, they will die.

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