Regulation of hypothalamic proopiomelanocortin mRNA by leptin in ob/ob mice

Endocrinology

Volumn 138, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 5063-5066

  Thornton, Janice E ^a,c   Cheung, Clement C ^a   Clifton, Donald K ^b   Steiner, Robert A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c OBERLIN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD INTAKE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TARGETING; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TESTIS WEIGHT;

EID: 0030729210     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.138.11.5651     Document Type: Article

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