Quantification of AMY1 gene copy number and its association with glycemic response.

• Main Author: Lee, Jin Shun.
• Other Authors: Surajit Bhattacharyya
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/54805
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

There has been no study to date which measures salivary amylase AMY1 gene copy number variation (CNV) in an Asian population, with varying prevalence of obesity and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM). The aim of this study is to investigate how the differences in CNV of AMY1 between individuals can inf...