Agouti antagonism of melanocortin-4 receptor: Greater effect with desacetyl-α-melanocyte-stimulating hormone (MSH) than with α-MSH

Endocrinology

Volumn 140, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 2167-2172

  Mountjoy, Kathleen G ^a   Willard, Derril H ^b   Wilkison, William O ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^c ZenBio   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; ALPHA INTERMEDIN DERIVATIVE; DESACETYL ALPHA INTERMEDIN; MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR AFFINITY;

EID: 0033315953     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.140.5.6748     Document Type: Article

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