Functional dimorphism of two hAgRP promoter SNPs in linkage disequilibrium

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 350-353

  Bai, F ^a   Rankinen, T ^a   Charbonneau, C ^a   Belsham, D D ^b   Rao, D C ^c   Bouchard, C ^a   Argyropoulos, G ^a  

^a PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN;

ADRENAL CELL; ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; CELL LINE; FEMALE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOTHALAMUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGOUTI; ANIMALIA;

EID: 2342539680     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.2003.014092     Document Type: Article

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