Functional consequences of the human leptin receptor (LEPR) Q223R transversion

Obesity

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 126-135

  Stratigopoulos, George ^a   LeDuc, Charles A ^a   Matsuoka, Naoki ^b   Gutman, Roee ^a   Rausch, Richard ^a   Robertson, Scott A ^c   Myers, Martin G ^c   Chung, Wendy K ^a   Chua Jr , Streamson C ^d   Leibel, Rudolph L ^a  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b KOBE CITY MEDICAL CENTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN RECEPTOR; PRIMER DNA;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EXON; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; LOW FAT DIET; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; DIET, FAT-RESTRICTED; DNA PRIMERS; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; EXONS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OBESITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, LEPTIN;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 57949103906     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2008.489     Document Type: Article

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