Identification of a polymorphic glutamic acid stretch in the α(2B)- adrenergic receptor and lack of linkage with essential hypertension

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 12, Issue 9 I, 1999, Pages 853-857

  Baldwin, Clinton T ^a   Schwartz, Faina ^a   Baima, Jader ^a   Burzstyn, Michael ^a   DeStefano, Anita L ^a   Gavras, Irene ^a   Handy, Diane E ^a   Joost, Oscar ^a   Martel, Timothy ^a   Manolis, Athanasios ^a   Nicolaou, Michael ^a   Bresnahan, Margaret ^a   Farrer, Lindsay ^a   Gavras, Haralambos ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

2 adrenergic receptor; Essential hypertension; Genetics; Sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY;

ALLELES; BLOOD PRESSURE; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-2; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0032888488     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-7061(99)00070-9     Document Type: Article

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