Association between Regulator of G Protein Signaling 9–2 and Body Weight
Association between Regulator of G Protein Signaling 9–2 and Body Weight
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Waugh, Jeffrey L. , Celver, Jeremy , Sharma, Meenakshi , Dufresne, Robert L. , Terzi, Dimitra , Risch, S. Craig , Fairbrother, William G. , Neve, Rachael L. , Kane, John P. , Malloy, Mary J. , Pullinger, Clive R. , Gu, Harvest F. , Tsatsanis, Christos , Hamilton, Steven P. , Gold, Stephen J. , Zachariou, Venetia and Kovoor, Abraham
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United States: Public Library of Science
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Regulator of G protein signaling 9-2 (RGS9-2) is a protein that is highly enriched in the striatum, a brain region that mediates motivation, movement and reward responses. We identified a naturally occurring 5 nucleotide deletion polymorphism in the human RGS9 gene and found that the mean body mass index (BMI) of individuals with the deletion was s...
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Association between Regulator of G Protein Signaling 9–2 and Body Weight
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TN_cdi_plos_journals_1310230829
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_1310230829
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1932-6203
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1932-6203
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10.1371/journal.pone.0027984
