Functional role, structure, and evolution of the melanocortin-4 receptor

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 994, Issue , 2003, Pages 74-83

  Schiöth, Helgi B ^a   Lagerström, Malin C ^a   Watanobe, Hajime ^b   Jonsson, Logi ^c   Vergoni, Anna Valeria ^d   Ringholm, Aneta ^a   Skarphedinsson, Jon O ^c   Skuladottir, Gudrun V ^c   Klovins, Janis ^a   Fredriksson, Robert ^a,e  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^e SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Agouti related protein (AgRP); Evolution; Food intake; Melanocortin receptor; Melanocyte stimulating hormone (MSH); Reproduction

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; HISTIDINE; INTERMEDIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR; PROLACTIN; ZINC;

ANOREXIA; BINDING SITE; BODY WEIGHT; CHROMOSOME MAP; CONFERENCE PAPER; FOOD INTAKE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; METAL BINDING; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYLOGENY; PROLACTIN RELEASE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; SYNTENY; VERTEBRATE; ZEBRA FISH;

AGOUTI; DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038051138     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2003.tb03164.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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