Obese (ob) gene defects are rare in human obesity

Obesity Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 30-35

  Carlsson, Björn ^a   Lindell, Kajsa ^a   Gabrielsson, Britt ^a   Karlsson, Cecilia ^a   Bjarnason, Ragnar ^a   Westphal, Otto ^a   Karlsson, Ulla ^a   Sjöström, Lars ^a   Carlsson, Lena M S ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Craniopharyngeoma; Leptin; Mutation

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LEPTIN; PROTEIN; RNA; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; C57BL MOUSE; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; HYPOTHALAMUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUSE; MUTATION; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CHILD; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; LEPTIN; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; OBESITY; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROTEINS; RNA; RNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030642286     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1550-8528.1997.tb00280.x     Document Type: Article

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