Evidence against either a premature stop codon or the absence of obese gene mRNA in human obesity

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 2986-2988

  Considine, Robert V ^a,d   Considine, Eileen L ^b   Williams, Charlene J ^b   Nyce, Mark R ^a   Magosin, Susan A ^a   Bauer, Thomas L ^c   Rosato, Ernest L ^c   Colberg, James ^c   Caro, Jose F ^a  

^a 778 CRB   (United States)

^b Dept of Biochem and Molec Biology ^*  (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

human adipocyte; obese gene; reverse transcription PCR

Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NONSENSE MUTATION; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOP CODON;

EID: 0029020677     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI118007     Document Type: Article

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