Narrowing down the role of common variants in the genetic predisposition to obesity

Genome Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Calton, Melissa A ^a   Vaisse, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOGRAFT INFLAMMATORY FACTOR 1; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GLUCOSAMINE PHOSPHATE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN 18; RAS PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ETV5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; OBESITY; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 77953229253     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1756994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gm31     Document Type: Short Survey

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