Association of Salivary Amylase (AMY1) Gene Copy Number with Obesity in Alabama Elementary School Children

Salivary amylase (AMY1) is the most abundant enzyme in human saliva, responsible for the hydrolysis of α-1,4 glycosidic linkages that aids in the digestion of starch. Recently studies have shown that the copy number of AMY1 is associated with obesity; however, the data varies with location. One-thir...

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Autores principales: Venkatapoorna, Chandra M. K., Ayine, Priscilla, Parra, Emily P., Koenigs, Taylor, Phillips, Megan, Babu, Jeganathan R., Sandey, Maninder, Geetha, Thangiah
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6627241/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31248128
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu11061379

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6627241/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31248128
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu11061379

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