Monkey leptin receptor mRNA: Sequence, tissue distribution, and mRNA expression in the adipose tissue of normal, hyperinsulinemic, and type 2 diabetic rhesus monkeys

Obesity Research

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 353-360

  Hotta, Kikuko ^a   Gustafson, Thomas A ^a   Ortmeyer, Heidi K ^a   Bodkin, Noni L ^a   Hansen, Barbara C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Leptin receptor gene expression; Monkey

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINISM; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIVER; MACACA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MONKEY DISEASE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OBESITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; HYPERINSULINISM; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIVER; MACACA MULATTA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MONKEY DISEASES; OBESITY; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0032159495     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1550-8528.1998.tb00363.x     Document Type: Article

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