Literature citations
Molecular screening of the proopiomelanocortin (POMC) gene in Italian obese children: report of three new mutations.
del Giudice E.M.; Cirillo G.; Santoro N.; D'Urso L.; Carbone M.T.; Toro R.D.; Perrone L.;
Int. J. Obes. Relat. Metab. Disord. 25:61-67(2001)
Cited for: VARIANTS THR-7; LEU-9; GLY-236 AND 97-SER--GLY-99 DEL;
A missense mutation disrupting a dibasic prohormone processing site in pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) increases susceptibility to early-onset obesity through a novel molecular mechanism.
Challis B.G.; Pritchard L.E.; Creemers J.W.M.; Delplanque J.; Keogh J.M.; Luan J.; Wareham N.J.; Yeo G.S.H.; Bhattacharyya S.; Froguel P.; White A.; Farooqi I.S.; O'Rahilly S.;
Hum. Mol. Genet. 11:1997-2004(2002)
Cited for: VARIANT GLY-236; CHARACTERIZATION OF VARIANT GLY-236; POSSIBLE INVOLVEMENT IN OBESITY;
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