Sequence variation within the neuropeptide Y gene and obesity in Mexican Americans

Obesity Research

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 219-226

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

^a Program in Biomathematics and Biostatistics   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Association; Neuropeptide Y; Obesity; Sequence; Variation

Indexed keywords

DNA; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PRIMER DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEAR FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OBESITY; PEDIGREE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLELES; BASE SEQUENCE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NUCLEAR FAMILY; OBESITY; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TEXAS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0034181276     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2000.25     Document Type: Article

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