Physiological roles of the melanocortin MC3 receptor

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 660, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 13-20

  Renquist, Benjamin J ^a   Lippert, Rachel N ^a   Sebag, Julien A ^a   Ellacott, Kate L J ^a   Cone, Roger D ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

MSH; Melanocortin; Melanocortin MC3 receptor; Melanocortin 3 receptor; Obesity; Proopiomelanocortin

Indexed keywords

AUTORECEPTOR; GAMMA INTERMEDIN; MELANOCORTIN; MELANOCORTIN 3 RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GOUT; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NATRIURESIS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RECEPTOR BINDING; REVIEW; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; AUTORECEPTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 3;

EID: 79955930421     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2010.12.025     Document Type: Review

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