Identification of receptors for neuromedin U and its role in feeding

Nature

Volumn 406, Issue 6791, 2000, Pages 70-74

  Howard, Andrew D ^a   Wang, Rulping ^a   Pong, Sheng Shung ^a   Mellin, Theodore N ^b   Strack, Alison ^b   Guan, Xiao Ming ^a   Zeng, Zhizhen ^a   Williams Jr , David L ^a   Feighner, Scott D ^a   Nunes, Christian N ^b   Murphy, Beth ^b   Stair, Judith N ^b   Yu, Hong ^a   Jiang, Qingping ^a   Clements, Michelle K ^a   Tan, Carina P ^a   McKee, Karen K ^a   Hrenluk, Donna L ^a   McDonald, Terrence P ^a   Lynch, Kevin R ^b   Evans, Jilly F ^a   Austin, Christopher P ^a   Caskey, C Thomas ^c,d   Van Der Ploeg, Lex H T ^a   Liu, Qingyun ^a   more..

^a Department of Metabolic Disorders ^*  (United States)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d Merck Research Laboratories ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; NEUROMEDIN U;

ARTICLE; FEEDING; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL LINE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FASTING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LIGANDS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROPEPTIDES; OBESITY; RADIOLIGAND ASSAY; RATS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, NEUROTRANSMITTER; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

SUIDAE;

EID: 0034612519     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35017610     Document Type: Article

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