Candidate gene studies reveal that the WFS1 gene joins the expanding list of novel type 2 diabetes genes

Diabetologia

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 391-393

  Wasson, J ^a   Permutt, M A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene polymorphisms; Genetic risk; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; PROTEIN WFS 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WOLFRAMIN;

DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; HUMAN; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NOTE; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WOLFRAM SYNDROME;

DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; ODDS RATIO; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 39049147926     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00125-007-0920-9     Document Type: Note

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