Fat and Mass Associated or FTO
This is my YFG or "Your Favorite Gene" Project page.  Feel free to look around!
Enjoy!
               ~ Aditi

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This is a picture of the protein that this gene produces.
Literature Citations:
"The typical message has been that if you are overweight it is due to sloth and gluttony and it is your fault...This work is suggesting that there is also a genetic commponent." ~~ Prof Andrew Hattersley (2)
Curious about the sequence? 

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This link will take you to a website that provides the sequence.  The complete sequence is at the bottom of that page.
1    Q9C0B1 (FTO_Human). (2008, Deceomber 16). Retrieved December 23, 2008, from UniProt Web site: link.
2    Clear obesity gene link 'found'. (2007, April 12). BBC news. Retrieved from link.
3    Obesity Gene Discovered. (2007, April 13). Medical News Today. Retrieved from link.
4    NCBI Map Viewer.  (n.d.). [Map of Chromosome 16, pointing to the location of FTO]. Homo spaiens (humans) Chromosome 16.  Retrieved from link.
Related Links:
Gene info from Entrez
Gene info from PubMed (OMIM)
5    FTO Mass and Obesity Associated. (2008, September 8). Retrieved December 28, 2008 from GeneCards Web site: link.
What we know/ don't know
Obesity genes
Info for scientists
6    Price, R. A., Li, W. & Zhao, H.  (2008, January 24). FTO gene SNPs associated with extreme obesity in cases, controls and extremely discordant sister pairs.  BmC genetics, 9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2350-9-4.
7    Bowen, R. (November 7, 1998). Leptin. Retrieved December 28, 2008 from Colorado State University Web site: link.
8    NCBI Entrez Nucleotide.  Homo sapiens fat mass and obesity associated (FTO), mRNA [Data file]/ Retrieved from link.
This web page was produced as an assignment for an AP Biology course at Montgomery High School.
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