Description
Product Characteristics: For the quantitative determination of human agouti related protein (AGRP) concentrations in serum, plasma, cell culture supernates, urine.
Target Information: This gene encodes an antagonist of the melanocortin-3 and melanocortin-4 receptor. It appears to regulate hypothalamic control of feeding behavior via melanocortin receptor and/or intracellular calcium regulation, and thus plays a role in weight homeostasis. Mutations in this gene have been associated with late on-set obesity. [provided by RefSeq, Dec 2009]