Mex3c mutation reduces adiposity and increases energy expenditure

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 4350-4362

  Jiao, Yan ^a   George, Sunil K ^a   Zhao, Qingguo ^a   Hulver, Matthew W ^b   Hutson, Susan M ^b   Bishop, Colin E ^a   Lua, Baisong ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FECES LIPID; GLUCOSE; LEPTIN; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1;

ADIPOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DORSOMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH RETARDATION; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LEPTIN DEFICIENCY; LIVER; MALE; MOUSE; MUSCLE; MUSCLE EXCESS 3C GENE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEATOSIS; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ADIPOSITY; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; EATING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; ION CHANNELS; LEPTIN; LIPIDS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; MUTATION; NEURONS; OBESITY; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MAMMALIA; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 84868703331     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: 10985549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.00452-12     Document Type: Article

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