Sequence variants in the 5' flanking region of the leptin gene are associated with obesity in women

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 227-234

  Li, W D ^b   Reed, D R ^b   Lee, J H ^b   Xu, W ^b   Kilker, R L ^b   Sodam, B R ^b   Price, R Arlen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; CYTOSINE; LEPTIN; THYMINE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA FLANKING REGION; EXON; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; ALLELES; BODY MASS INDEX; CODON; DNA; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LEPTIN; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0032871802     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003480099007496     Document Type: Article

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