Effects of a potent melanocortin agonist on the diabetic/obese phenotype in yellow mice

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 678-683

  Zemel, M B ^a   Moore, J W ^a   Moustaid, N ^a   Kim, J H ^a,b   Nichols, J S ^c   Blanchard, S G ^c   Parks, D J ^c   Harris, C ^c   Lee, F W ^d,e,f   Grizzle, M ^d,e   James, M ^d,e,g   Wilkison, W O ^c,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Molecular Biochemistry   (United States)

^d Dept Anesth Pharmacol O   (United States)

^e GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^f Dupont Merck   (United States)

^g MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^h Zen Bio   (United States)

Author keywords

Agouti; Melanocortin receptors; NDPMSH; Obesity

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI PROTEIN; BETA ACTIN; FATTY ACID SYNTHASE; GLUCOSE; HORMONE; MELANOCORTIN; MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR; NDPMSH; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGONIST; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

AGOUTI; ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 7144242309     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0800630     Document Type: Article

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