Melanocortin 3 receptor (MC3R) gene variants in extremely obese women

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 206-210

  Li, W D ^a   Joo, E J ^a,c   Furlong, E B ^b   Galvin, M ^b   Abel, K ^b   Bell, C J ^b   Arlen Price, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Axys Pharmaceuticals Inc   (United States)

^c Department of Surgery Eulji Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Flanking region; Melanocortin 3 receptor; Obesity; Sequence polymorphism

Indexed keywords

MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MISSENSE MUTATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; OBESITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 0033977437     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0801114     Document Type: Article

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