Genome-Wide association analyses identify SPOCKas a key novel gene underlying age at menarche

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Liu, Yao Zhong ^a   Guo, Yan Fang ^a,b   Wang, Liang ^a,b   Tan, Li Jun ^c   Liu, Xiao Gang ^a,b   Pei, Yu Fang ^a   Yan, Han ^a,b   Xiong, Dong Hai ^d   Deng, Fei Yan ^a   Yu, Na ^a   Zhang, Yin Ping ^a,b   Zhang, Lei ^a,b   Lei, Shu Feng ^a   Chen, Xiang Ding ^c   Liu, Hong Bin ^a   Zhu, Xue Zhen ^b   Levy, Shawn ^e   Papasian, Christopher J ^a   Drees, Betty M ^a   Hamilton, James J ^a   Recker, Robert R ^d   Deng, Hong Wen ^a,b,c   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HUNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GELATINASE A; KAZAL LIKE DOMAIN PROTEOGLYCAN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OSTEONECTIN; PROTEIN CWCV; PROTEOGLYCAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; SPOCK1 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MENARCHE; MENSTRUATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPOCK GENE; AGE; AGING; CAUCASIAN; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGING; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; MENARCHE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEOGLYCANS;

EID: 63449113425     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000420     Document Type: Article

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