Pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) deficiency and peripheral melanocortins in obesity

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 177-180

  Zemel, Michael B ^a   Shi, Hang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERMEDIN DERIVATIVE; MELANOCORTIN; MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

APPETITE; BODY WEIGHT; FOOD INTAKE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPERPHAGIA; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; OBESITY; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW;

EID: 0033932060     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.2000.tb01857.x     Document Type: Review

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