APOE and TGF-β1 genes are associated with obesity phenotypes

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 918-924

  Long, J R ^a   Liu, P Y ^a   Liu, Y J ^a   Lu, Y ^a   Xiong, D H ^a   Elze, L ^a   Recker, R R ^a   Deng, H W ^a,b,c  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HUNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TGFB1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE INSERTION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; LETTER;

INSERTION SEQUENCES;

APOLIPOPROTEINS E; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

EID: 1542437966     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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