Intact Coding Region of the Serotonin Transporter Gene in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Seminars in Medical Genetics

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 409-411

  Altemus, Margaret ^a   Murphy, Dennis L ^a   Greenberg, Benjamin ^a   Lesch, K Peter ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Platelets obsessive compulsive disorder; Serotonin transporter

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA SYNTHESIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OBSESSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONIN RELEASE; SEROTONINERGIC TRANSMISSION; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ADULT; BLOOD PLATELETS; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 0029793677     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19960726)67:4<409::AID-AJMG16>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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