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Metabolic characterization of a mouse deficient in all known leptin receptor isoforms.
Cellular and molecular neurobiology - 1 Jan 2010
Osborn Olivia, Sanchez-Alavez Manuel, Brownell Sara E, Ross Brendon, Klaus Joe, Dubins Jeffrey, Beutler Bruce, Conti Bruno, Bartfai Tamas
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We have characterized a newly generated mouse model of obesity, a mouse strain deficient in all five previously described leptin receptor isoforms. These transgenic mice, named the db (333)/db (333) mice, were identified from an ENU mutagenesis screen and carry a point mutation in the seventh exon of the db gene encoding the leptin receptor, resulting in a premature stop codon (Y(333)Stop) and gene product that...
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