Barsh Lab Publications
Pigment type-switching
Energy Homeostasis
Neurodegeneration
Pigmentation patterns
Dog Coat Color
Dark Skin
Interaction of Agouti protein with the melanocortin 1 receptor in vitro and in vivo (1998)
Effects of recombinant agouti-signaling protein on melanocortin action (1997)
Down-regulation of melanocortin receptor signaling mediated by the amino terminus of Agouti protein in Xenopus melanophores (1999)
The mouse mahogany locus encodes a transmembrane form of human attractin (1999)
Genetic and biochemical studies of the Agouti-Attractin system (2002)
Accessory Proteins for Melanocortin Signaling: Attractin and Mahogunin (2003)
Antagonism of central melanocortin receptors in vitro and in vivo by agouti-related protein (1997)
Characterization of Agouti-related protein binding to melanocortin receptors (1999)
Physiological and anatomical circuitry between Agouti-related protein and leptin signaling (1999)
The anatomy of an endogenous antagonist: relationship between agouti- related protein and proopiomelanocortin in brain (1999)
The role of agouti-related protein in regulating body weight (1999)
Genetics of body-weight regulation (2000)
Genetic approaches to studying energy balance: perception and integration (2002)
Distribution of Mahogany/Attractin mRNA in the rat central nervous system (1999)
A biochemical function for attractin in agouti-induced pigmentation and obesity (2001)
Molecular and phenotypic analysis of attractin mutant mice (2001)
Spongiform degeneration in mahoganoid mutant mice (2003)
Agouti; Encyclopedia of Genetics (2001)
Coat Color Mutations; Encyclopedia of Genetics (2001)
Differences in dorsal and ventral pigmentation result from regional expression of the mouse agouti gene (1994)
Expression and transgenic studies of the mouse agouti gene provide insight into the mechanisms by which mammalian coat color patterns are generated (1995)
A Tbx gene controls dorsoventral pigmentary differences (2003)
Melanocortin 1 receptor variation in the domestic dog (2000)
Candidate genes for black coat color in dogs (2003)
Molecular variation in Mc1r and the melanistic mask pattern (2003)
Genetics of dark skin in mice (2003)
Hypermorphic G protein mutations cause dermal melanocytosis (2003)
What causes natural variation in human skin color (2003)