Molecular evolution of leptin

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 188-198

  Doyon, C ^a   Drouin, G ^a   Trudeau, V L ^a   Moon, T W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Birds; Chicken; Convergent evolution; Leptin; Mammals; Phylogeny; Rodents

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ADIPOCYTE; ARMADILLO; ARTICLE; BAT; CHICKEN; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FOOD INTAKE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; METABOLIC REGULATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RACCOON; RAT; REPRODUCTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TURKEY (BIRD); WHALE;

CHAETOPHRACTUS VILLOSUS; DELPHINAPTERUS LEUCAS; MEPHITIS MEPHITIS; MYOTIS LUCIFUGUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PROCYON LOTOR;

EID: 0035169505     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.2001.7701     Document Type: Article

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