Structural Organization and Chromosomal Assignment of the Human obese Gene

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The obese (ob) gene has been identified through a positional cloning approach; the mutation of this gene causes marked hereditary obesity and diabetes mellitus in mice. We report here the isolation and characterization of the human ob gene. Southern blot analysis demonstrated a single copy of the ob gene in the human genome. The human ob gene spanned approximately 20 kilobases (kb) and contained three exons...

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