Identification of sequence variants in the UBL5 (Ubiquitin-like 5 or BEACON) gene in obese children by PCR-SSCP: No evidence for association with obesity

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1139-1145

  Sentinelli, Federica ^a,b   Romeo, Stefano ^a,c   Cambuli, Valentina M ^a   Cossu, Efisio ^a   Cavallo, Maria Gisella ^b   Zavarella, Sara ^b   Spoletini, Marialuisa ^b   Buzzetti, Raffaella ^b   Baroni, Marco Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

BMI; Childhood obesity; High resolution melting analysis (HRMA); PCR SSCP; SNP

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; RETINOID X RECEPTOR ALPHA; RETINOID X RECEPTOR BETA; UBIQUITIN LIKE 5 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ADIPOSE TISSUE CELL; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BODY MASS; CHILD; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HIGH RESOLUTION MELTING ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; OBESITY; ONSET AGE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; RELATIVE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 58149501139     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPEM.2008.21.12.1139     Document Type: Article

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