Symposium 1. New insights into the development of obesity: Obese genes and the leptin system

Proceedings of the Nutrition Society

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 783-791

  Trayhurn, Paul ^a  

^a ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; OBESITY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; LEPTIN; OBESITY; PROTEINS;

EID: 0030277372     PISSN: 00296651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/pns19960078     Document Type: Conference Paper

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