The agouti-related protein and body fatness in humans

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 276-280

  Argyropoulos, G ^a   Rankinen, T ^a   Bai, F ^a   Rice, T ^b   Province, M A ^b   Leon, A S ^c   Skinner, J S ^d   Wilmore, J H ^e   Rao, D C ^b   Bouchard, C ^a  

^a PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AgRP; E12 E47; Polymorphism; Promoter

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR E12; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR E47; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING ASSAY; BINDING SITE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NEGRO; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANIMALS; BODY MASS INDEX; CELL LINE; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEINS;

AGOUTI; ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037327807     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.802201     Document Type: Article

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