Studies of the SIM1 gene in relation to human obesity and obesity-related traits

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 429-434

  Hung, C C C ^a   Luan, J ^b   Sims, M ^b   Keogh, J M ^a   Hall, C ^c   Wareham, N J ^b   O'Rahilly, S ^a   Farooqi, I S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL MANCHESTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Childhood; Genetics; Hyperphagia; Hypothalamus; SIM1; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SINGLE MINDED 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HYPERPHAGIA; HYPOTHALAMUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; HYPERPHAGIA; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION, MISSENSE; OBESITY; PEDIGREE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

MUS;

EID: 33847257845     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0803443     Document Type: Article

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