Genetic variation in the human winged helix/forkhead transcription factor gene FOXC2 in Pima Indians

Diabetes

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1292-1295

  Kovacs, Peter ^b   Lehn Stefan, Angela ^b   Stumvoll, Michael ^b   Bogardus, Clifton ^b   Baier, Leslie J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXC2; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY WEIGHT; DIET RESTRICTION; DNA FLANKING REGION; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; INDIAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ARIZONA; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REFERENCE VALUES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0242684701     PISSN: 00121797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diabetes.52.5.1292     Document Type: Article

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