| Feeding hormone
finds its partner
Two research teams
find the protein in brain cells that reacts to a hormone that stimulates
feeding.
References:
Saito, Y. . . .
and O. Civelli. 1999. Molecular characterization of the
melanin-concentrating-hormone receptor. Nature 400(July
15):265.
Further Readings:
Chambers, J., et
al. 1999. Melanin-concentrating hormone is the cognate ligand for
the orphan G-protein-coupled receptor SLC-1. Nature 400(July
15):261.
Sources:
Olivier Civelli
University of California, Irvine
Department of Pharmacology
Department of Developmental and Cell Biology
Irvine, CA 92697-4625
From Science
News, Vol. 156, No. 9, August 28, 1999, p. 139. Copyright © 1999,
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