CART, a new anorectic peptide

International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1281-1284

  Thim, Lars ^a   Kristensen, Peter ^a   Larsen, Philip J ^a   Wulff, Birgitte S ^a  

^a NOVO NORDISK A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Appetite regulation; Brain; Disulphide bonds; Structure

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; COCAINE; HORMONE PRECURSOR; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROPEPTIDE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

APPETITE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; DISULFIDE BOND; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; HYPOTHALAMUS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RAT; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0032423380     PISSN: 13572725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1357-2725(98)00110-1     Document Type: Article

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