Leptin receptor mutations in 129 db(3j)/db(3j) mice and NIH fa(cp)/fa(cp) rats

Mammalian Genome

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 445-447

  Lee, G H ^a   Li, C ^a   Montez, J ^a   Halaas, J ^a   Darvishzadeh, J ^a   Friedman, J M ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; LEPTIN RECEPTOR;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; C57BL MOUSE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HYPOTHALAMUS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; MOUSE STRAIN; MUTATION; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; ZUCKER RAT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CARRIER PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; HYPOTHALAMUS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MUTATION; OBESITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; RATS, MUTANT STRAINS; RATS, ZUCKER; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0031154032     PISSN: 09388990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003359900466     Document Type: Article

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