Agouti yellow mutation increases adrenal response to ACTH in mice
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Agouti yellow mutation increases adrenal response to ACTH in mice.
OBJECTIVE Agouti protein (AP) and agouti-related protein with a similar sequence and action are endogenous antagonists of melanocortin receptors, implicated in the control of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis. Dominant mutation of the agouti gene (agouti yellow (A(y))) in heterozygous A(y)/a mice leads to ectopic overexpression of AP and produces an obese phenotype. The existing data...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Endocrinology
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0804-4643,1479-683X
DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1510265