Molecular screening of both the promoter and the protein coding regions in the human ob gene in Japanese obese subjects with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 137, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 511-513

  Shigemoto, M ^a   Nishi, S ^a,b   Ogawa, Y ^a   Isse, N ^a   Matsuoka, N ^a   Tanaka, T ^a   Azuma, N ^a   Masuzaki, H ^a   Nishimura, H ^a   Yoshimasa, Y ^a   Hosoda, K ^a   Nakao, K ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; DNA FLANKING REGION; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 0030705974     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1370511     Document Type: Article

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