Missense mutations and polymorphisms of the MC4R gene in Polish obese children and adolescents in relation to the relative body mass index

Journal of Applied Genetics

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 319-323

  Nowacka Woszuk, Joanna ^a   Cieslak, Jakub ^a   Skowronska, Bogda ^b   Majewska, Katarzyna A ^b   Stankiewicz, Witold ^b   Fichna, Piotr ^b   Switonski, Marek ^a  

^a POZNA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; MC4R; Mutation; Obesity; Polish population; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

DNA; MC4R PROTEIN, HUMAN; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MISSENSE MUTATION; OBESITY; POLAND; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION, MISSENSE; OBESITY; POLAND; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 4; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 79960075597     PISSN: 12341983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13353-011-0036-2     Document Type: Article

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