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Abnormal splicing of the leptin receptor in diabetic mice.
Nature - 15 Feb 1996
Lee G H, Proenca R, Montez J M, Carroll K M, Darvishzadeh J G, Lee J I, Friedman J M
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in the mouse diabetes (db) gene result in obesity and diabetes in a syndrome resembling morbid human obesity. Previous data suggest that the db gene encodes the receptor for the obese (ob) gene product, leptin. A leptin receptor was recently cloned from choroid plexus and shown to map t...
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