A novel nonsense mutation in the melanocortin-4 receptor associated with obesity in a Spanish population

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 385-388

  Marti, A ^a   Corbalan M S ^a   Forga, L ^a   Martinez, J A ^a   Hinney, A ^b   Hebebrand, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Melanocortin 4 receptor; Polymorphism; SSCP

Indexed keywords

MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; MUTATION RATE; NONSENSE MUTATION; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; SPAIN;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CODON, NONSENSE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OBESITY; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 4; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN;

EID: 0037350649     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0802244     Document Type: Article

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