Annotation Detail
Information
- Associated Genes
- MSTN
- Associated Variants
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MSTN p.Lys153Arg (p.K153R)
(
ENST00000260950.5 )
MSTN p.Lys153Arg (p.K153R) ( ENST00000260950.5 ) - Associated Disease
- obesity
- Source Database
- DisGeNET
- Description
- Recent studies demonstrated an association between the K153R polymorphism in the myostatin gene with extreme longevity, lower muscle strength and obesity but the molecular basis of these associations has not been clarified.
- Pubmed
- 25543063
- Original source reporting the Gene Disease association
- BeFree
- DisGENET score for the Gene Disease association
- 0.00190009310456212
- Year of publication
- 2014
Drugs