Alternative splicing of the human serotonin transporter gene

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1356-1367

  Bradley, Christopher C ^a   Blakely, Randy D ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Antidepressant; Cholera toxin; Polymorphism; Regulation; Serotonin; Transporter

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; SEROTONIN;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; BRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTONINERGIC TRANSMISSION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

EID: 0030964703     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1997.69041356.x     Document Type: Article

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