On the history of fto

Obesity Facts

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-44

  Fischer, Julia ^a   Emmerling, Christian ^a   Rüther, Ulrich ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FTO (FAT MASS AND OBESITY ASSOCIATED) PROTEIN, MOUSE; FTS PROTEIN, MOUSE; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENETICS; GERMANY; HISTORY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOUSE; OBESITY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; GERMANY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; OBESITY; PROTEINS;

EID: 76749085972     PISSN: 16624025     EISSN: 16624033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000113466     Document Type: Note

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