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RAGIN' Leptin: A problem space on factors involved in energy homeostasis
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Undergraduates in General Biology, Biochemistry, Bioinformatics courses |
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A problem space that provides an overview of genes and proteins that have connected roles in maintaining energy homeostasis.
General diagram of energy homeostasis
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See attachments HHMI video - The Science of Fat - provided a nice overview of the connections between leptin and obesity. http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/obesity/index.html Jackson Lab mouse informatics http://www.informatics.jax.org/ |
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http://www.nutritionandmetabolism.com/content/3/1/40/abstract http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/419086 http://www.ebmonline.org/cgi/content/full/228/10/1175 |
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Progress on designing this problem space, including development of curricular resources |
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