Reduction of food intake and weight gain by the ob protein requires a specific secondary structure and is reversible

Molecular Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 50-58

  Giese, Klaus ^a   Fantl, Wendy J ^a   Vitt, Charles ^a   Stephans, James C ^a   Cousens, Lawrence ^a   Wachowicz, Matthew ^a   Williams, Lewis T ^a  

^a NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DISULFIDE BOND; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RAT; SATIETY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0029731723     PISSN: 10761551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03402202     Document Type: Article

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