Uncoupling protein-2: A novel gene linked to obesity and hyperinsulinemia

Nature Genetics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 269-272

  Fleury, Christophe ^a   Neverova, Maria ^b   Collins, Sheila ^c   Raimbault, Serge ^a   Champigny, Odette ^a   Levi Meyrueis, Corinne ^a   Bouillaud, Frederic ^a   Seldin, Michael F ^b   Surwit, Richard S ^c   Ricquier, Daniel ^a   Warden, Craig H ^b  

^a CNRS CEREMOD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CHROMOSOME 11; CHROMOSOME 7; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; INFLAMMATION; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; THERMOREGULATION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ADULT; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 11; DIABETES MELLITUS; DNA PRIMERS; HUMANS; HYPERINSULINISM; ION CHANNELS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICE; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OBESITY; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEINS; UP-REGULATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031019249     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng0397-269     Document Type: Article

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