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Pro-Opiomelanocortin, human
Known as:
POMC
, Pro-Opiomelanocortin
, Proopiomelanocortin
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Pro-opiomelanocortin (267 aa, ~29 kDa) is encoded by the human POMC gene. This protein plays a role in peptide hormone-dependent signaling.
National Institutes of Health
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2005
Review
2005
Neuropeptide Y, alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone, and monoamines in food intake regulation.
Eduardo J. B. Ramos
,
M. Meguid
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A. C. Campos
,
J. Coelho
Nutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.)
2005
Corpus ID: 25701166
Obesity is increasing in severity and prevalence in the United States and represents a major public health issue. No effective…
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Central pro-opiomelanocortin gene delivery results in hypophagia, reduced visceral adiposity, and improved insulin sensitivity in genetically obese Zucker rats.
Gang Li
,
C. Mobbs
,
P. Scarpace
Diabetes
2003
Corpus ID: 12136247
Zucker (fa/fa) rats with defective leptin receptors are obese, hyperphagic, and hyperinsulinemic. For testing whether chronic…
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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Leptin as a possible modulator of craving for alcohol.
F. Kiefer
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H. Jahn
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M. Kellner
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D. Naber
,
K. Wiedemann
Archives of General Psychiatry
2001
Corpus ID: 43567813
W hereas the psychological construct and pathophysiological basis of craving for alcohol, a major risk for relapse in alcoholism…
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Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Changes in Pro‐Opiomelanocortin and Pre‐proenkephalin mRNA Levels in the Ovine Brain during Pregnancy, Parturition and Lactation and in Response to Oestrogen and Progesterone
K. D. Broad
,
Keith M. Kendrick
,
D.J.S. Sirinathsinghji
,
Eric B. Keverne
Journal of neuroendocrinology
1993
Corpus ID: 20243699
In the female sheep opioids act centrally to influence both oxytocin release and maternal behaviour. We have used in situ…
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Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Glucocorticoid repression of pro-opiomelanocortin gene transcription.
J. Drouin
,
Y. L. Sun
,
M. Nemer
Journal of Steroid Biochemistry
1989
Corpus ID: 22969733
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
The Aplysia FMRFamide gene encodes sequences related to mammalian brain peptides.
R. Taussig
,
R. Scheller
DNA
1986
Corpus ID: 37496418
We have characterized a precursor protein which gives rise to the neuropeptide Phe-Met-Arg-Phe-amide (FMRFamide) by determining…
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Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Purification and characterization of a paired basic residue-specific pro-opiomelanocortin converting enzyme from bovine pituitary intermediate lobe secretory vesicles.
Y. Loh
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D. Parish
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R. Tuteja
Journal of Biological Chemistry
1985
Corpus ID: 20380915
1985
1985
Hormonally mediated negative regulation of human pro-opiomelanocortin gene expression after transfection into mouse L cells
A. Israel
,
S. Cohen
Molecular and Cellular Biology
1985
Corpus ID: 25454203
We report results indicating that expression and hormonally controlled negative regulation of the human pro-opiomelanocortin…
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Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Effects of Chronic Ethanol Treatment on the In Vitro Biosynthesis of Pro‐Opiomelanocortin and ItsPosttranslational Processing to (β‐Endorphin in theIntermediate Lobe of the Rat Pituitary
B. Seizinger
,
V. Höllt
,
A. Herz
Journal of Neurochemistry
1984
Corpus ID: 6562311
Abstract: Chronic treatment of rats with 15% (vol/vol) ethanol in tap water as their only source of liquid over a period of 3…
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Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Complete structure of the porcine pro-opiomelanocortin mRNA derived from the nucleotide sequence of cloned cDNA.
G. Boileau
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C. Barbeau
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L. Jeannotte
,
M. Chrétien
,
J. Drouin
Nucleic Acids Research
1983
Corpus ID: 41830936
Polyadenylated RNA isolated from porcine pituitary neurointermediate lobes was used to construct a cDNA library. The library was…
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