Characterization of viral insulins reveals white adipose tissue-specific effects in mice
Objective: Members of the insulin/insulin-like growth factor (IGF) superfamily are well conserved across the evolutionary tree. We recently showed that four viruses in the Iridoviridae family possess genes that encode proteins highly homologous to human insulin/IGF-1. Using chemically synthesized si...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2021-02-01
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Series: | Molecular Metabolism |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212877820301952 |