Increased expression of complement component C3 in the plasma of obese zucker fa and LA/N faf rats compared with their lean counterparts

Obesity Research

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 361-367

  Boggs, Roger D ^a   McCumbee, William D ^a   Cobbs, Scott L ^a   Todd, Daniel G ^a   Kahle, E Bowie ^b   Stewart, Nancy L ^a   Bailey, Mary ^a   Reichenbecher, Vernon E ^a  

^a MARSHALL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MARSHALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complement factors; Plasma proteins

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; PLASMA PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; OBESITY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RAT; WESTERN BLOTTING; ZUCKER RAT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOOD PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BODY WEIGHT; COMPLEMENT C3; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; OBESITY; RATS; RATS, ZUCKER;

EID: 0032161967     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1550-8528.1998.tb00364.x     Document Type: Article

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