Creation of a genetic model of obesity in a teleost

FASEB Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2042-2049

  Song, Youngsup ^a   Cone, Roger D ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AgRP; Energy homeostasis; Melanocortin receptor; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

MELANOCORTIN; MELANOCORTIN ANTAGONIST AGOUTI RELATED; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADIPOCYTE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MODEL; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELEOST; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CYCLIC AMP; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENERGY METABOLISM; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, SYNTHETIC; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LEPTIN; MALE; MELANOCORTINS; OBESITY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 3; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 4; SECOND MESSENGER SYSTEMS; TRIGLYCERIDES; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

AGOUTI; DANIO RERIO; MAMMALIA; MUS; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34347380896     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.06-7503com     Document Type: Article

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