A frameshift mutation in MC4R associated with dominantly inherited human obesity

Giles S.H. Yeo; I. Sadaf Farooqi; Shiva Aminian; David Halsall; R Stanhope; Stephen O’Rahilly

doi:10.1038/2404

Keywords

Frameshift mutationBiologyGeneticsMutationHuman obesityObesityGeneEndocrinology

MeSH Terms

AdultBase SequenceChildPreschoolCodonFrameshift MutationHeterozygoteHumansLeptinMolecular Sequence DataObesityPedigreeProteinsReceptorMelanocortinType 4ReceptorsCorticotropin

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University of Cambridge GB

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Publication Info

Year: 1998
Type: letter
Volume: 20
Issue: 2
Pages: 111-112
Citations: 1152
Access: Closed

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                                    Giles S.H. Yeo, 
                                
                                    I. Sadaf Farooqi, 
                                
                                    Shiva Aminian
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1998). 
                            A frameshift mutation in MC4R associated with dominantly inherited human obesity. 
                            Nature Genetics
                            , 20
                            (2)
                            , 111-112.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/2404
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/2404
PMID: 9771698

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