Association between Uncoupling Protéin 3 Gene and Obesity-related Phenotypes in the Québec Family Study

Molecular Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 433-441

  Lanouette, Christian Marc ^a   Glacobino, Jean Paul ^b   Pérusse, Louis ^a   Lacaille, Michel ^a   Yvon, Cédric ^b   Chagnon, Monique ^c   Kuhne, Praçoise ^b   Bouchard, Claude ^c   Muzzin, Patrick ^b   Chagnon, Yvon C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; ION CHANNEL; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; MITOCHONDRIAL UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 3;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY MASS; CANADA; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; EXON; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRON; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLELES; BASAL METABOLISM; BODY MASS INDEX; CARRIER PROTEINS; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS; EXONS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; INTRONS; ION CHANNELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; QUEBEC; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 0035404879     PISSN: 10761551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03401848     Document Type: Article

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