A rapid, quantitative functional assay for measuring leptin

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 143, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 117-123

  Rosenblum, Charles I ^a   Vongs, Aurawan ^a   Tota, Michael R ^a   Varnerin, Jeffrey P ^a   Frazier, Easter ^a   Cully, Doris F ^a   Morsy, Manal A ^a   Van Der Ploeg, Lex H T ^a  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioassay; Leptin; Leptin receptor; Luciferase; Obesity; STAT

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; LUCIFERASE; PEPTIDE; REAGENT; RECOMBINANT HORMONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSFECTION; EQUIPMENT; GENE INDUCTION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL LINE; LEPTIN; MICE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0032566301     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-7207(98)00129-4     Document Type: Article

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