ARNTL (BMAL1) and NPAS2 gene variants contribute to fertility and seasonality

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Kovanen, Leena ^a   Saarikoski, Sirkku T ^a   Aromaa, Arpo ^a   Lönnqvist, Jouko ^a,b   Partonen, Timo ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; THYMINE; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; NERVE PROTEIN; NPAS2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ARNTL;

ADULT; ALLELE; APPETITE; ARNTL GENE; ARNTL2 GENE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLOCK GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; GENE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MOOD; NPAS2 GENE; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SLEEP PARAMETERS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENERGY METABOLISM; FERTILITY; FINLAND; GENETICS; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

MUS;

ARNTL TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FINLAND; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS;

EID: 77956304750     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010007     Document Type: Article

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