A human leptin mutant induces weight gain in normal mice

FEBS Letters

Volumn 405, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 237-240

  Verploegen, Sandra A B W ^a   Plaetinck, Geert ^a   Devos, René ^a   Van Der Heyden, José ^a   Guisez, Yves ^a  

^a Roche Research   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anorexia; Antagonist; Body weight; Cachexia; Leptin; Mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; MUTANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CACHEXIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MOUSE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; HUMANS; LEPTIN; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, OBESE; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; OBESITY; PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SELECTION (GENETICS); WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030992071     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-5793(97)00192-0     Document Type: Article

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