Hypothalamic expression of ART, a novel gene related to agouti, is up- regulated in obese and diabetic mutant mice

Genes and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 593-602

  Shutter, John R ^a   Graham, Melissa ^a   Kinsey, Amy C ^a   Scully, Sheila ^a   Lüthy, Roland ^a   Stark, Kevin L ^a  

^a AMGEN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Agouti; melanocortin receptors; obesity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AGOUTI; MURINAE;

EID: 0030893647     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.11.5.593     Document Type: Article

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