Nhlh2: A basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor controlling physical activity

Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 187-192

  Good, Deborah J ^a,b   Coyle, Christopher A ^a   Fox, Dana L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypothalamus; Knockout mice; Linkage analysis; Muscle; NSCL 2

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR; NESCIENT HELIX LOOP HELIX 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; NHLH2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

EXERCISE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; GENE DELETION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SITTING; ANIMAL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOTIVATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 58149173432     PISSN: 00916331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JES.0b013e31818782dd     Document Type: Review

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