Evolutionary constraints on the Disrupted in Schizophrenia locus

Genomics

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 67-77

  Taylor, Martin S ^a,b,c   Devon, Rebecca S ^b,d   Millar, J Kirsty ^a   Porteous, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; DNA, intergenic; Genetic predisposition to disease; Genomics; Mental disorders; RNA splice sites; Schizophrenia; Synteny; Translocation (genetics)

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUFFER FISH; SCHIZOPHRENIA; ZEBRA FISH;

DANIO; DANIO RERIO; FUGU RUBRIPES; MAMMALIA; TAKIFUGU; TAKIFUGU RUBRIPES; TETRAODONTIDAE;

EID: 0037289166     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0888-7543(02)00026-5     Document Type: Article

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