Dietary fat and sex modify heterozygote effects of the rat fatty (fa) allele

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 126, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2487-2493

  Maher, Margaret A ^a   Banz, William J ^a   Truett, Gary E ^b   Zemel, Michael B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

genetics; heterozygote effects; high fat diet; obesity; Zucker rats

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (CALCIUM); FAT;

ALLELE; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOSITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029823501     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/126.10.2487     Document Type: Article

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