Epigenetics and obesity

Pharmacogenomics

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1851-1860

  Stger, Reinhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

chromatin; epigenetic; gene network; imprinting; methylation; mosaicism; obesity

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ALLELE; BODY WEIGHT; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; GENE CONTROL; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOME IMPRINTING; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MOSAICISM; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PATHOGENESIS; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; REVIEW; ANIMAL; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS;

ANIMALS; ENERGY METABOLISM; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HUMANS; OBESITY;

EID: 61549128665     PISSN: 14622416     EISSN: 17448042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/14622416.9.12.1851     Document Type: Review

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