Serotonin transporter protein (SLC6A4) allele and haplotype frequencies and linkage disequilibria in African- and European-American and Japanese populations and in alcohol-dependent subjects

Human Genetics

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 243-246

  Gelernter, Joel ^a,b   Kranzler, Henry ^c   Cubells, Joseph F ^a,b  

^a VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROTRANSMITTER; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ALCOHOLISM; ALLELE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EXON; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TANDEM REPEAT;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ALCOHOLISM; ALLELES; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CARRIER PROTEINS; EUROPE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; JAPAN; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031441095     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004390050624     Document Type: Article

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