Molecular pharmacology of Agouti protein in vitro and in vivo

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 885, Issue , 1999, Pages 143-152

  Barsh, Gregory S ^a,b   Ollmann, Michael M ^a   Wilson, Brent D ^a   Miller, Kimberly A ^a   Gunn, Teresa M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI PROTEIN; AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN; MELANOCORTIN; MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHARMACOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 0032763671     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1999.tb08671.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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