Rapid molecular haplotyping of the first exon of the human dopamine D4 receptor gene by heteroduplex analysis

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 91-94

  Chang, Fong Ming ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA polymorphism; dopamine D4 receptor gene (DRD4); heteroduplex; molecular haplotyping

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE 4 RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; EXONS; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID HETERODUPLEXES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D4; SEQUENCE DELETION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0031025839     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19970221)74:1<91::AID-AJMG18>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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