Article
A common variant in PPP1R3 associated with insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes.
Diabetes - 1 Sept 1998
Xia J, Scherer S W, Cohen P T, Majer M, Xi T, Norman R A, Knowler W C, Bogardus C, Prochazka M
Abstract excerpt
Selected candidate genes have been analyzed in the Pima Indians of Arizona based on evidence that insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes have significant genetic determinants. An amino acid substitution at codon 905 of the glycogen-targeting subunit of type 1 protein phosphatase that regulates sk...
Topics
- Adult
- Alleles
- Arizona
- Base Sequence
- Codon
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Genotype
- Humans
- Indians, North American
- Insulin Resistance
- Male
