Agouti protein is an antagonist of the melanocyte-stimulating-hormone receptor

Nature

Volumn 371, Issue 6500, 1994, Pages 799-802

  Lu, Dongsi ^a   Willard, Derril ^b   Patel, Indravadan R ^b   Kadwell, Sue ^b   Overton, Laurie ^b   Kost, Tom ^b   Luther, Michael ^b   Chen, Wenbiao ^a   Woychik, Richard P ^c   Wilkison, William O ^b   Cone, Roger D ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; AGOUTI PROTEIN; EUMELANIN; INTERMEDIN RECEPTOR; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; HAIR FOLLICLE; MELANOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING;

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; ANIMAL; BACULOVIRIDAE; CATTLE; CELL LINE; CORTICOTROPIN; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HAIR; HUMAN; MICE; OBESITY; PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, PITUITARY HORMONE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

AGOUTI; ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0028112970     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/371799a0     Document Type: Article

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