Pharmacological characterization of canine melancortin-4 receptor and its natural variant V213F

Domestic Animal Endocrinology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 91-97

  Yan, J ^a   Tao, Y X ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dog; Melanocartin 4 receptor; Obesity; Pharmacology; Variant

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; BETA INTERMEDIN; ISOPROTEIN; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DOG; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; IC 50; METABOLISM; OBESITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

ALPHA-MSH; ANIMALS; BETA-MSH; DOGS; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENETIC VARIATION; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; OBESITY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 4; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; RODENTIA;

EID: 79960103356     PISSN: 07397240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.domaniend.2011.05.002     Document Type: Article

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