Structure and organization of the human uncoupling protein 2 gene and identification of a common biallelic variant in Caucasian and African- American subjects

Diabetes

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 685-687

  Argyropoulos, George ^a,c   Brown, Angela M ^a,c   Peterson, Richard ^a,c   Likes, Creighton E ^a,c   Watson, Dennis K ^a,b   Garvey, W Timothy ^a,b,c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c RALPH H JOHNSON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 2;

ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHROMOSOME 11Q; DIABETES MELLITUS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NEGRO; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OBESITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ALLELES; CHILD; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OBESITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTEINS;

EID: 0031954419     PISSN: 00121797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diabetes.47.4.685     Document Type: Article

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