The Presence of the "fa" gene in heterozygous (FA/fa) lean female rats: Effects on body weight, body fat and serum leptin

Obesity Research

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 293-298

  Cleary, Margot P ^a   Phillips, Frederick C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body fat; Fat cell size; Female; Heterozygote; Leptin; Zucker rats

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LEPTIN; PROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HETEROZYGOTE; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; OBESITY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; ZUCKER RAT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; INSULIN; LEPTIN; LIVER; MALE; OBESITY; PROTEINS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, ZUCKER; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 0033126385     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1550-8528.1999.tb00409.x     Document Type: Article

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