Leptin receptor and its relations with obesity

Chinese Pharmacological Bulletin

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1334-1336

  Wu, Nan ^a   Tan, Han Ran ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Gene; Leptin receptor; Obesity; Treatment

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENE; LIPID METABOLISM; OB GENE; OBESITY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RECEPTOR BINDING;

EID: 13844251973     PISSN: 10011978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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