Do these genes make me look fat?

Endocrinology

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1075-1077

  Perrot Sinal, Tara S ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; CYTOCHROME P450; LEPTIN; SEX HORMONE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BRAIN REGION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENOTYPE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPID STORAGE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SRY GENE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; Y CHROMOSOME; ANIMAL; DEVELOPMENTAL GENE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MALE; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADIPOSITY; ANIMALS; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 67649861824     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2008-1586     Document Type: Article

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