Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor. In the field of molecular biology, the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) are a group of nuclear receptor proteins that function as transcription factors regulating the expression of genes.
Located a few degrees south of the Equator, Rwanda is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Rwanda is in the African Great Lakes region and is highly elevated; its geography dominated by mountains in the west and savanna to the east, with numerous lakes throughout the country.wanda is located in Central/Eastern Africa, and is bordered by the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, Uganda to the north, Tanzania to the east, and Burundi to the south. It lies a few degrees south of the equator and is landlocked. The capital, Kigali, is located near the centre of Rwanda.
The Belgians supported Tutsi kings' rule over the Hutu majority-worsening the bad feeling between the tribes. E-mail this story to a friend. 1994: Rwanda presidents' plane 'shot down' The presidents of the African states of Rwanda and Burundi have been killed in a plane crash near the Rwandan capital, Kigali. 1994: Rwanda presidents' plane 'shot down'. Juvenal Habyarimana of Rwanda and Burundi's Cyprian Ntayamira were among 10 people on the aircraft which some reports say was brought down by rocket fire.