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Agouti yellow mutation increases adrenal response to ACTH in mice.
European journal of endocrinology - 1 Aug 2004
Bazhan Nadezhda M, Shevchenko Antonina Y, Karkaeva Nelli R, Yakovleva Tatyana V, Makarova Elena N
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Agouti protein (AP) and agouti-related protein with a similar sequence and action are endogenous antagonists of melanocortin receptors, implicated in the control of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis. Dominant mutation of the agouti gene (agouti yellow (A(y))) in heterozygous A(y)/a mice leads to ectopic overexpression of AP and produces an obese phenotype. The existing data on the HPA...
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