Genomic structure of the human OB receptor and identification of two novel intronic microsatellites

Genome Research

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1192-1199

  Chung, Wendy K ^a   Power Kehoe, Loraine ^a   Chua, Melvin ^a   Lee, Renata ^a   Leibel, Rudolph L ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL RECEPTOR; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EXON; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL GENETICS; OBESITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 0030473253     PISSN: 10549803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.6.12.1192     Document Type: Article

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