Aurawan Vongs

Arabidopsis thaliana DNA methylation mutants.

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Inactivation of the mouse melanocortin-3 receptor results in increased fat mass and reduced lean body mass

Yue Feng, Donald J. Marsh, J. Metzger, 2000, Nature Genetics.

A role for the melanocortin 4 receptor in sexual function

Christopher P Austin, Ralph Stearns, G. Christ, 2002, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.

A rapid, quantitative functional assay for measuring leptin

M. Tota, D. Cully, C. Rosenblum, 1998, Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology.

Diacylglycerol Acyltransferase-1 (DGAT1) Inhibition Perturbs Postprandial Gut Hormone Release

Hua V. Lin, Shirly Pinto, M. Garcia-Calvo, 2013, PloS one.

Functional STAT 1 and 3 signaling by the leptin receptor (OB-R); reduced expression of the rat fatty leptin receptor in transfected cells.

M. Phillips, T. M. Fong, M. Tota, 1996, Endocrinology.

Discovery and activity of (1R,4S,6R)-N-[(1R)-2-[4-cyclohexyl-4-[[(1,1-dimethylethyl)amino]carbonyl]-1-piperidinyl]-1-[(4-fluorophenyl)methyl]-2-oxoethyl]-2-methyl-2-azabicyclo[2.2.2]octane-6-carboxamide (3, RY764), a potent and selective melanocortin subtype-4 receptor agonist.

J. Metzger, D. Macintyre, L. V. D. van der Ploeg, 2005, Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters.

2-Piperazinecarboxamides as potent and selective melanocortin subtype-4 receptor agonists.

L. V. D. van der Ploeg, C. Rosenblum, A. Patchett, 2005, Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters.

Discovery of (2S)-N-[(1R)-2-[4-cyclohexyl-4-[[(1,1-dimethylethyl)amino]carbonyl]-1-piperidinyl]-1-[(4-fluorophenyl)methyl]-2-oxoethyl]-4-methyl-2-piperazinecarboxamide (MB243), a potent and selective melanocortin subtype-4 receptor agonist.

J. Metzger, D. Macintyre, L. V. D. van der Ploeg, 2005, Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters.

Design and syntheses of melanocortin subtype-4 receptor agonists: evolution of the pyridazinone archetype.

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Production of leptin in Escherichia coli: a comparison of methods.

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