Mosaicism for a serotonin transporter gene promoter-associated deletion: Decreased recombination in depression

Journal of Neural Transmission

Volumn 106, Issue 11-12, 1999, Pages 1223-1230

  Lesch, K P ^a   Jatzke, S ^b   Meyer, J ^b   Stober G ^b   Okladnova, O ^b   Mossner R ^b   Riederer, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Depression; Mosaicism; Promoter; Serotonin transporter; Somatic deletion

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 17; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DNA STRUCTURE; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MOSAICISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEROTONINERGIC TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AGED; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DEPRESSION; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOSAICISM; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 0033429525     PISSN: 03009564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007020050236     Document Type: Article

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