Identification and functional characterization of novel mutations in the melanocortin-4 receptor

Obesity Facts

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 304-311

  Beckers, Sigri ^a   Zegers, Doreen ^a   De Freitas, Fenna ^a   Peeters, Armand V ^a   Verhulst, Stijn L ^b   Massa, Guy ^c   Van Gaal, Luc F ^b   Timmermans, Jean Pierre ^a   Desager, Kristine N ^b   Van Hul, Wim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c VIRGA JESSE HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Melanocortin 4 receptor; Mutation analysis; Obesity

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONSENSE MUTATION; OBESITY; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; BELGIUM; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CHILD; COS CELLS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MUTATION; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 4; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 78049434300     PISSN: 16624025     EISSN: 16624033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000321565     Document Type: Article

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