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Analysis of linkage disequilibrium between polymorphisms in the KCNJ9 gene with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Pima Indians.
Molecular genetics and metabolism - 1 May 2001
Wolford J K, Hanson R L, Kobes S, Bogardus C, Prochazka M
Abstract excerpt
The KCNJ9 gene encodes a G-protein-coupled inwardly rectifying potassium channel and is located within a region on human chromosome 1 that has been linked with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Pima Indians and Caucasians. To assess the potential contribution of genetic alterations within KCNJ9 to diab...
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