A unique metabolic syndrome causes obesity in the melanocortin-3 receptor-deficient mouse

Endocrinology

Volumn 141, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 3518-3521

  Butler, Andrew A ^a   Kesterson, Robert A ^b   Khong, Kathy ^a   Cullen, Mary Jane ^c   Pelleymounter, Mary Ann ^c   Dekoning, Jenefer ^a   Baetscher, Manfred ^a   Cone, Roger D ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NEUROCRINE BIOSCIENCES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANOCORTIN 3 RECEPTOR;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HYPERPHAGIA; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY QUOTIENT;

EID: 0034456398     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.141.9.7791     Document Type: Article

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