Variations in RANK gene are associated with adult height in caucasians

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 559-565

  Chen, Yuan ^a,b   Xiong, Dong Hai ^b   Yang, Tie Lin ^c   Yang, Fang ^a,b   Jiang, Hui ^a,b   Zhang, Feng ^b,c   Shen, Hui ^d   Xiao, Peng ^b   Recker, Robert R ^b   Deng, Hong Wen ^a,c,d  

^a HUNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR SUPERFAMILY MEMBER 11A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; FAMILY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTOR ACTIVATOR OF NUCLEAR FACTOR-KAPPA B; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34447309720     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20619     Document Type: Article

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