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Effect of +36T>C in intron 1 on the glutamine: fructose-6-phosphate amidotransferase 1 gene and its contribution to type 2 diabetes in different populations.
Journal of human genetics - 1 Jan 2006
Kunika Kiyoshi, Tanahashi Toshihito, Kudo Eiji, Mizusawa Noriko, Ichiishi Eiichiro, Nakamura Naoto, Yoshikawa Toshikazu, Yamaoka Takashi, Yasumo Hiroaki, Tsugawa Kazue, Moritani Maki, Inoue Hiroshi, Itakura Mitsuo
Abstract excerpt
Glutamine: fructose-6-phosphate amidotransferase 1 (GFPT1) acts as a rate-limiting enzyme in the hexosamine biosynthetic pathway, which is an alternative branch of glucose metabolism. To evaluate GFPT1 as a susceptibility gene to type 2 diabetes, we surveyed the polymorphisms related with the gen...
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