Fine mapping of the association with obesity at the FTO locus in African-derived populations

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 19, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 2907-2916

  Hassanein, Mohamed T ^a   Lyon, Helen N ^b,c   Nguyen, Thutrang T ^b,c   Akylbekova, Ermeg L ^d   Waters, Kevin ^a   Lettre, Guillaume ^e,f   Tayo, Bamidele ^g   Forrester, Terrence ^h   Sarpong, Daniel F ^d   Stram, Dan O ^a   Butler, Johannah L ^b,c   Wilks, Rainford ^h   Liu, Jiankang ^d   Le Marchand, Loic ⁱ   Kolonel, Laurence N ⁱ   Zhu, Xiaofeng ^j   Henderson, Brian ^a   Cooper, Richard ^g   McKenzie, Colin ^h   Taylor Jr , Herman A ^d,k   Haiman, Christopher A ^a   Hirschhorn, Joel N ^b,c,l   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

^d JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^f MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^g LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^j CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^l BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAT MASS AND OBESITY ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; OXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FTO PROTEIN, HUMAN; PROTEIN;

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ADOLESCENT; AGED; BLACK PERSON; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; FEMALE; GENETIC LOCI; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954513650     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddq178     Document Type: Article

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