Paternal transmission of the very common class I INS VNTR alleles predisposes to childhood obesity

Nature Genetics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 96-99

  Le Stunff, Catherine ^a   Fallin, Danièle ^b   Bougnères, Pierre ^a  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL   (France)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; INSULIN; SOMATOMEDIN B;

ADOLESCENT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA FLANKING REGION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LIPID STORAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; ONSET AGE; PARENT; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM REPEAT;

ADOLESCENT; ALLELES; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HUMANS; INSULIN; MALE; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; OBESITY;

EID: 0034874328     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng707     Document Type: Article

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