Inactivation of the mouse melanocortin-3 receptor results in increased fat mass and reduced lean body mass

Nature Genetics - Tập 26 Số 1 - Trang 97-102 - 2000
Airu S. Chen1, Donald J. Marsh1, Myrna E. Trumbauer1, Easter G. Frazier1, Xiao-Ming Guan1, Hong Yu1, Charles Rosenblum1, Aurawan Vongs1, Yue Feng1, Lequn Cao1, Joseph M. Metzger2, Alison M. Strack2, Ramon E. Camacho2, T.N. Mellin2, Christian Nunes da Silva2, William Min2, Jill K. Fisher3, Shobhna Gopal-Truter3, D. Euan MacIntyre2, Howard Y. Chen1, Lex H.T. Van der Ploeg1
1Department of Obesity Research, Merck Research Laboratories, Rahway, USA
2Department of Animal Pharmacology, Merck Research Laboratories, Rahway, USA
3Department of Comparative Medicine, Merck Research Laboratories, Rahway, USA

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