Spontaneous mutation in the db gene results in obesity and diabetes in CD-1 outbred mice

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 278, Issue 2 47-2, 2000, Pages

  Brown, Julie A ^a   Chua Jr , Streamson C ^b   Liu, Shun Mei ^b   Andrews, Matthew T ^a   Vandenbergh, John G ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Insulin; Leptin; Mouse; Phenotype

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LEPTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETOGENESIS; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0034094726     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.2000.278.2.r320     Document Type: Article

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