Leptin: The tale of an obesity gene

Diabetes

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1455-1462

  Caro, José F ^a,b   Sinha, Madhur K ^a   Kolaczynski, Jerzy W ^a   Zhang, Pei Li ^a   Considine, Robert V ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; PEPTIDE HORMONE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BODY WEIGHT; ENERGY BALANCE; EXERCISE; FOOD INTAKE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC REGULATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW;

EID: 0029859099     PISSN: 00121797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diab.45.11.1455     Document Type: Review

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