How tight are your genes? Transcriptional and posttranscriptional regulation of the leptin receptor, NPY, and POMC genes

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 284-298

  Good, Deborah J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

LEPTIN RECEPTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOOD INTAKE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

EID: 0033935884     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.2000.1587     Document Type: Article

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