The invention describes a previously unknown gene, termed 5'OT-EST, which is responsible for inducing an obesity and/or infertility phenotype in transgenic animals, and transgenic animals comprising mutants of 5'OT-EST which are useful for assaying compounds for the treatment of obesity and/or infertility.

 
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