Comparative endocrinology of leptin: Assessing function in a phylogenetic context

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 203, Issue , 2014, Pages 146-157

  Londraville, Richard L ^a   Macotela, Yazmin ^b   Duff, Robert J ^a   Easterling, Marietta R ^c   Liu, Qin ^a   Crespi, Erica J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Fish; Immunology; Leptin; Phylogeny; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTOKINE; ANOREXIGENIC AGENT; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; JANUS KINASE; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; STAT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITE; CARP; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENDOCRINOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RAINBOW TROUT; REVIEW; STRESS; XENOPUS; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRENDS; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; ENDOCRINOLOGY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; LEPTIN; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY, COMPARATIVE; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 84906794230     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2014.02.002     Document Type: Review

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