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Rat obesity gene fatty (fa) maps to chromosome 5: evidence for homology with the mouse gene diabetes (db).

The autosomal recessive mutations fa (rat) and db (mouse) cause obesity syndromes that develop early and ultimately become severe. Although both fa/fa rats and db/db mice have been studied extensively as models of human obesity and diabetes, the molecular bases of these phenotypes remain unknown. We...

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Published in:Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Main Authors: Truett, G E, Bahary, N, Friedman, J M, Leibel, R L
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: National Academy of Sciences 1991
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC52392/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1881916/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.88.17.7806
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