[The hormone leptin reduces body weight. A mutant gene makes the mouse obese].

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[The hormone leptin reduces body weight. A mutant gene makes the mouse obese].

Lakartidningen - 24 Jan 1996

Meister B, Arvidsson U

Abstract excerpt

The existence of mice (ob/ob mice) with a genetic defect causing obesity and type II diabetes has been known since 1950. The mutated ob gene was recently identified and characterized. The gene encodes a 167 amino acid protein that has been given the name leptin, from the greek word leptos, meanin...

Topics

Animals
Arcuate Nucleus of Hypothalamus
Leptin
Mice
Mice, Obese
Mutation
Proteins
Weight Loss

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