Molecular scanning for mutations in the β3-adrenergic receptor gene in nauruans with obesity and noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 81, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 4155-4158

  Silver, Kristi ^a   Walston, Jeremy ^a   Wang, Yihong ^b   Dowse, Gary ^c   Zimmet, Paul ^d   Shuldiner, Alan R ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^c Midwest Public Health Unit   (Australia)

^d BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 3 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MISSENSE MUTATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; ALLELES; BASE SEQUENCE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DNA PRIMERS; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; MICRONESIA; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; OBESITY; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA-3;

MARTES PENNANTI;

EID: 0029821315     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.81.11.4155     Document Type: Article

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