Substantial Linkage Disequilibrium across the Dihydrolipoyl Succinyltransferase Gene Region Without Alzheimer's Disease Association

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 629-635

  Brown, Abraham M ^a,b   Gordon, Derek ^c   Lee, Hsinhwa ^a   Caudy, Michael ^a,b   Haroutunian, Vahram ^d,e   Blass, John P ^a,b  

^a BURKE MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Energy metabolism; Gene; Mitochondria; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROLIPOAMIDE SUCCINYLTRANSFERASE; DIHYDROLIPOYL SUCCINYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DLST GENE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN; DNA PRIMERS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 1542347864     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:NERE.0000014833.54481.1d     Document Type: Article

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