Molecular insights into the regulation of energy intake and expenditure

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 20-21

  Meier, Christoph A ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; HORMONE RECEPTOR; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN;

CALORIC INTAKE; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FOOD INTAKE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERPHAGIA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; EATING; ENERGY INTAKE; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; MELANOCYTE-STIMULATING HORMONES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 4; RECEPTORS, PEPTIDE;

EID: 0030748629     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1370020     Document Type: Short Survey

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