Leptin receptor gene variation and obesity: Lack of association in a white British male population

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 869-876

  Gotoda, Takanari ^a   Manning, Brian S ^a,b   Goldstone, Anthony P ^a   Imrie, Helen ^a   Evans, Alison L ^a   Strosberg, A Donny ^b   McKeigue, Paul M ^c   Scott, James ^a   Aitman, Timothy J ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT COCHIN   (France)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HORMONE RECEPTOR; LEPTIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE;

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; CARRIER PROTEINS; GENOTYPE; GREAT BRITAIN; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

RODENTIA;

EID: 0030927064     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/6.6.869     Document Type: Article

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