Evolutionary, structural and biochemical evidence for a new interaction site of the leptin obesity protein

Genetics

Volumn 163, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1549-1553

  Gaucher, Eric A ^a,b   Miyamoto, Michael M ^b   Benner, Steven A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMAN; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; LEPTIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0242516028     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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