Leptin responsiveness in mice that ectopically express agouti protein

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 75, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 159-167

  Harris, Ruth B S ^a,b   Mitchell, Tiffany D ^a,b   Mynatt, Randall L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

BAPa mice; Gender; Thermogenesis; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI PROTEIN; BETA ACTIN; LEPTIN; MELANOCORTIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GENOTYPE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; INFUSION; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0036465588     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(01)00653-9     Document Type: Article

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