The human serotonin transporter gene linked polymorphism (5-HTTLPR) shows ten novel allelic variants

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 32-38

  Nakamura, M ^a   Ueno, S ^a   Sano, A ^a   Tanabe, H ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ethnic difference; Functional polymorphism; Novel alleles; Serotonin transporter

Indexed keywords

REPETITIVE DNA; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERSONALITY; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0033974338     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.mp.4000698     Document Type: Article

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