Do allelic variants of SLC6A14 predispose to obesity?

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 112, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1633-1636

  Tiwari, Hemant K ^a,b   Allison, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ALLELE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENE; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; REVIEW; SLC6A14 GENE;

ALLELES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; OBESITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0347319283     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI200320448     Document Type: Review

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