Inactivation of the Fto gene protects from obesity

Nature

Volumn 458, Issue 7240, 2009, Pages 894-898

  Fischer, Julia ^a   Koch, Linda ^a,b   Emmerling, Christian ^a   Vierkotten, Jeanette ^a   Peters, Thomas ^a   Brüning, Jens C ^b,c   Rüther, Ulrich ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGY OF AGEING   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; GENOME; GROWTH; HOMEOSTASIS; OBESITY; POLYMORPHISM;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENERGY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; FTO GENE; GENE; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE LOSS; GROWTH RETARDATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HYPERPHAGIA; KNOWLEDGE; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADIPOSITY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; EATING; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HOMOZYGOTE; HYPERPHAGIA; INSULIN; MALE; MICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; OXO-ACID-LYASES; PHENOTYPE; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; THINNESS;

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EID: 67349211789     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature07848     Document Type: Article

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