Melanocortin 4 receptor is a transcriptional target of nescient helix-loop-helix-2

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 341, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 39-47

  Wankhade, Umesh D ^a   Good, Deborah J ^a  

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

Author keywords

E Box; Hypothalamus; Leptin; Mc4r; Nhlh2; Obesity

Indexed keywords

BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NESCIENT HELIX LOOP HELIX 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; E BOX ELEMENT; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CELL LINE; E-BOX ELEMENTS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 4; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 79960584960     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: 18728057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2011.05.022     Document Type: Article

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