Weight-reducing effects of the plasma protein encoded by the obese gene.

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Published in Science on July 28, 1995

Authors

J L Halaas1, K S Gajiwala, M Maffei, S L Cohen, B T Chait, D Rabinowitz, R L Lallone, S K Burley, J M Friedman

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1: Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Rockfeller University, New York, NY 10021, USA.

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