Genetic studies on the ghrelin, growth hormone secretagogue receptor (GHSR) and ghrelin O-acyl transferase (GOAT) genes

Peptides

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2191-2207

  Liu, Boyang ^a   Garcia, Edwin A ^a   Korbonits, Márta ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Candidate gene studies; Genetic variability; Genome wide studies; Ghrelin; Ghrelin O acyl transferase (GOAT); Ghrelin receptor; GHSR; Growth hormone secretagogue receptor

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN; GHRELIN O ACYL TRANSFERASE; GHRELIN RECEPTOR; GROWTH HORMONE SECRETAGOGUE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALCOHOLISM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; EATING DISORDER; ENZYME REGULATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; REWARD;

ACYLATION; ACYLTRANSFERASES; ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EATING DISORDERS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GHRELIN; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; OBESITY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; POSTURE; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RECEPTORS, GHRELIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STOMACH;

EID: 81755166340     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: 18735169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2011.09.006     Document Type: Review

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