Sweet taste and (AAT)12 repeat in the cannabinoid receptor gene in obese females

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 323-324

  Umabiki, Mika ^a   Kotani, Kazuhiko ^a   Tsuzaki, Kokoro ^a   Higashi, Akane ^b   Sakane, Naoki ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KYOTO MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR; LEPTIN; THREONINE;

ALLELE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; LETTER; OBESITY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SWEETNESS; TASTE ACUITY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB1; TASTE; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION;

EID: 79955757731     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: 13484540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.K11E-093     Document Type: Letter

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