Melanocortin receptors and antagonists regulate pigmentation and body weight

BioEssays

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 603-606

  Jordan, Siobhán A ^a   Jackson, Ian J ^a  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI PROTEIN; ALPHA INTERMEDIN; CORTICOTROPIN RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR; PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; DRUG ANTAGONISM; GENETICS; HAIR COLOR; MAMMAL; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; PHYSIOLOGY;

ALPHA-MSH; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; HAIR COLOR; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MAMMALS; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN; RECEPTORS, MELANOCORTIN;

AGOUTI; ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032144183     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-1878(199808)20:8<603::AID-BIES1>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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