Screening for variants of the uncoupling protein 2 gene in Japanese patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 581-584

  Shiinoki, Tomoko ^a   Suehiro, Tadashi ^a   Ikeda, Yukio ^a   Inoue, Mari ^a   Nakamura, Toshihiro ^a   Kumon, Yoshitaka ^a   Nakauchi, Yuh ^a   Hashimoto, Kozo ^a  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 2;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETIC CODE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN VARIANT; SCREENING;

EID: 0032947454     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0026-0495(99)90054-9     Document Type: Article

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