Intracellular retention is a common characteristic of childhood obesity-associated MC4R mutations

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 145-153

  Lubrano Berthelier, Cecile ^a   Durand, Emmanuelle ^b   Dubern, Beatrice ^a,c   Shapiro, Astrid ^a   Dazin, Paul ^d   Weill, Jacques ^d   Ferron, Camille ^a   Froguel, Philippe ^b,e   Vaisse, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LILLE   (France)

^c ARMAND TROUSSEAU HOSPITAL   (France)

^d LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ALPHA INTERMEDIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; HISTIDINE; LEUCINE; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR; PROLINE; SERINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; CELL SURFACE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC SCREENING; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OBESITY; PEDIGREE; PREVALENCE; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 4; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN; TRANSFECTION; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0037439274     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddg016     Document Type: Review

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