Overexpression of agrt leads to obesity in transgenic mice

Nature Genetics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 273-274

  Graham, Melissa ^a   Shutter, John R ^a   Sarmiento, Ulla ^b   Sarosi, Lldiko ^b   Stark, Kevin L ^a  

^a Departments of Molecular Structure   (United States)

^b AMGEN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN; AGOUTI-RELATED PROTEIN; CORTICOSTERONE; INSULIN; PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; DISEASE MODEL; FEMALE; GENETICS; LETTER; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; OBESITY; PATHOLOGY; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ACTINS; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CORTICOSTERONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; INSULIN; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LIVER; MALE; MICE; MICE, OBESE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; OBESITY; PROTEINS; TRANSGENES; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0031280002     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: 15461718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng1197-273     Document Type: Letter

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