The role of the fat mass and obesity-associated gene in appetite regulation
FTO encodes a nucleic acid demethylase with substrate preference towards N6-methyladenosisne (m6A). Variation in the FTO gene confers the single greatest genetic risk for common obesity amongst all obesity susceptibility loci identified to date. The mechanisms via which FTO variation promotes adipos...
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University College London (University of London)
2014
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.626587 |