Emergence of brown adipocytes in white fat in mice is under genetic control effects on body weight and adiposity

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 412-420

  Guerra, Carmen ^a   Koza, Robert A ^a   Yamashita, Hitoshi ^a,b   Walsh, Kathryn ^a   Kozak, Leslie P ^a  

^a JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cold exposure; Mitochondrial uncoupling protein recombinant inbred strains; Obesity; 3 adrenergic agonist

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; LIPID DIET; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; WEIGHT GAIN; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE;

EID: 0032528169     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI3155     Document Type: Article

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