Improved method for detecting the long and short promoter alleles of the serotonin transporter gene HTT (SLC6A4)

Psychiatric Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 193-195

  Edenberg, H J ^a   Reynolds, J ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional polymorphism; HTTLPR; Psychiatric genetics; Serotonin; Serotonin transporter

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; COCAINE; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; FLUORESCENT DYE; PHOSPHORUS 32; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ALLELE; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHROMOSOME 17Q; COST CONTROL; DEPRESSION; ELECTROPHORESIS; FAMILY; GENE; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; LYMPHOBLASTOID CELL; MENTAL DISEASE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; TANDEM REPEAT; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0031756063     PISSN: 09558829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00041444-199800830-00011     Document Type: Article

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