Uncoupling protein-1 mRNA expression in obese human subjects: The role of sequence variations at the uncoupling protein-1 gene locus

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 834-844

  Esterbauer, Harald ^a   Oberkofler, Hannes ^a   Liu, Yong Ming ^a   Breban, David ^a   Hell, Emanuel ^b   Krempler, Franz ^c   Patsch, Wolfgang ^a  

^a Salzburger Landeskliniken   (Austria)

^b Krankenhaus Hallein   (Austria)

^c NONE

Author keywords

3 adrenergic receptor; MRNA; Obesity; RT PCR; Uncoupling proteins

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ARGININE; BETA 3 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; THREONINE; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RECEPTOR GENE; THERMOGENESIS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; CARRIER PROTEINS; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; OBESITY, MORBID; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA-3; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0031957513     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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