Linkage analysis of candidate obesity genes among the Mexican-American population of Starr County, Texas

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 397-411

  Bray, Molly S ^a,b   Boerwinkle, Eric ^a,b   Hanis, Craig L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetics; Linkage; Mexican American; Obesity

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCAGON LIKE PEPTIDE 1; GLUCAGON LIKE PEPTIDE 1 RECEPTOR; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HORMONE RECEPTOR; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NEUROPEPTIDE Y1 RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; LIPID METABOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; SIBLING; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CARRIER PROTEINS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GLUCAGON; GLUCAGON-LIKE PEPTIDE 1; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; LEPTIN; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; OBESITY; PEDIGREE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, GLUCAGON; RECEPTORS, NEUROPEPTIDE Y; TEXAS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

RODENTIA;

EID: 0033008663     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2272(1999)16:4<397::AID-GEPI6>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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