The fat tail of obesity as told by the genome

Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 366-370

  Herbert, Alan ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epigenetic; Genome wide association scan; Homologous recombination; Obesity; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER A1; APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; APOLIPOPROTEIN A4; APOLIPOPROTEIN A5; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; APOLIPOPROTEIN C; APOLIPOPROTEIN C3; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; CHOLESTEROL ESTER TRANSFER PROTEIN; DNA; GENE PRODUCT; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR; SORTILIN;

DNA METHYLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIGENETICS; GENE INTERACTION; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; GENOME ANALYSIS; GERMPLASM; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STEM CELL; X CHROMOSOME; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE;

ENVIRONMENT; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 54049149793     PISSN: 13631950     EISSN: 15353885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCO.0b013e3283034990     Document Type: Review

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