A constitutively active version of the Ser/Thr kinase Akt induces production of the ob gene product, leptin, in 3T3-L1 adipocytes

Endocrinology

Volumn 138, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 3559-3562

  Barthel, Andreas ^a   Kohn, Aimee D ^a   Luo, Yanan ^a   Roth, Richard A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; INSULIN RECEPTOR; LEPTIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE;

ADIPOCYTE; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERINSULINEMIA; INSULIN METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0030738261     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.138.8.5263     Document Type: Article

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