Allelic variation of human serotonin transporter gene expression

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2621-2624

  Heils, Armin ^a   Teufel, Andreas ^a   Petri, Susanne ^a   Stöber, Gerald ^a   Riederer, Peter ^a   Bengel, Dietmar ^b   Lesch, K Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Allelic variation; Gene transcription; Promoter; Repeat element polymorphism; Serotonin transporter

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; DNA; SEROTONIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MEDIAN RAPHE NUCLEUS; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATOR GENE; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM;

MURINAE;

EID: 0029895783     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1996.66062621.x     Document Type: Article

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