Missense variants in the human peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ2 gene in lean and obese subjects

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 90-92

  Hamann, A ^d   Munzberg H ^d   Buttron, P ^d   Busing B ^d   Hinney, A ^a,d   Mayer, H ^b,d   Siegfried, W ^c,d   Hebebrand, J ^a,d   Greten, H ^d  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b Klinik Hochried   (Germany)

^c Adipositas Rehabilitationszentrum I   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GERMANY; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LIPID METABOLISM; MISSENSE MUTATION; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; HUMANS; MUTATION, MISSENSE; OBESITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0345363159     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1410090     Document Type: Article

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