Induction of neuropeptide Y gene expression in the dorsal medial hypothalamic nucleus in two models of the Agouti obesity syndrome

Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 630-637

  Kesterson, Robert A ^a   Huszar, Dennis ^b   Lynch, Catherine A ^b   Simerly, Richard B ^c   Cone, Roger D ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MILLENNIUM PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE Y;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0030894709     PISSN: 08888809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/mend.11.5.9921     Document Type: Article

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