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Lethal Yellow Mutation Causes Anxiety, Obsessive-compulsive Behavior and Affects the Brain Melanocortin System in Males and Females of Mice.
Current protein & peptide science - 1 Jan 2023
Izyurov Arseniy E, Plyusnina Alexandra V, Kulikova Elizabeth A, Kulikov Alexander V, Khotskin Nikita V
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BACKGROUND: The brain melanocortin system regulates numerous physiological functions and kinds of behavior. The agouti protein inhibits melanocortin receptors in melanocytes. The lethal yellow (AY) mutation puts the Agouti gene under the control of the Raly gene promotor and causes the agouti protein expression in the brain. In the present article, we investigated the effects of the AY mutation on brain mRNA...
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