Obesity as a pleiotropic effect of gene action

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 127, Issue 9, 1997, Pages

  Wolff, George L ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Agouti; Leptin; Mice; Mutation; Obesity; Pleiotropy

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; ALPHA INTERMEDIN; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; CORTICOSTERONE; CYCLIC AMP; FAT; GONADOTROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; HORMONE; LEPTIN; MESSENGER RNA; PEPTIDE; PROLACTIN; PROTEIN; RECEPTOR;

BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CARCINOGENESIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HYPOPITUITARISM; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PLEIOTROPY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNDROME;

AGOUTI; MURINAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 0030882923     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/127.9.1897s     Document Type: Conference Paper

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