Central and peripheral interactions between the agouti-related protein and leptin

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 319, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 518-524

  Charbonneau, Chantal ^a   Bai, Fulu ^a   Richards, Brenda Smith ^a   Argyropoulos, George ^a  

^a PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal; AgRP; C57BL 6J; CAST Ei; Epididymal; Fasting; Hypothalamus; Leptin; Obesity

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN; LEPTIN;

ADRENAL CELL; ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOWN REGULATION; EPIDIDYMIS FAT; EXPOSURE; FEEDING; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; UPREGULATION;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LEPTIN; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AGOUTI;

EID: 2642562742     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.05.022     Document Type: Article

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