The role of melanocortins in adipocyte function

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 885, Issue , 1999, Pages 75-84

  Boston, Bruce A ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; ALPHA INTERMEDIN; BETA LIPOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN; LIPOTROPIN; MELANOCORTIN; MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ADIPOCYTE; BINDING SITE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; LIPOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0032787537     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1999.tb08666.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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