Population genetics of a functional variant of the dopamine β- hydroxylase gene (DBH)

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 374-379

  Gelernter, Joel ^a  

^a Psychiatry 116A2   (United States)

Author keywords

Catecholamine; Genetic polymorphism; Human evolution; Norepinephrine; Psychosis

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; NORADRENALIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ALLELES; BLOOD PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DOPAMINE BETA-HYDROXYLASE; ETHNIC GROUPS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0030793566     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19970725)74:4<374::AID-AJMG7>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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