Association between a rare SNP in the second intron of human agouti related protein gene and increased BMI

BMC Medical Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Kalnina, Ineta ^a   Kapa, Ivo ^a   Pirags, Valdis ^b   Ignatovica, Vita ^a   Schiöth, Helgi B ^c   Klovins, Janis ^a  

^a LATVIAN BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND STUDY CENTRE   (Latvia)

^b PAULS STRADINS CLINICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Latvia)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN; CYTOSINE; GUANINE; RNA; THYMINE; AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN, HUMAN; AGOUTI-RELATED PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; INTRON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; OBESITY; PROMOTER REGION; RNA STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; AGED; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; LATVIA; MIDDLE AGED;

AGOUTI;

AGED; AGOUTI-RELATED PROTEIN; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; INTRONS; LATVIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC;

EID: 67651174760     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2350-10-63     Document Type: Article

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