Mutation scanning of the androgen receptor gene in patients with psychiatric disorders reveals highly conserved variants in alcoholic and phobia patients

Psychiatric Genetics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 57-60

  Yan, Jin ^a   Feng, Jinong ^a   Goldman, David ^b   Cook Jr , Edwin H ^c   Craddock, Nick ^d   Jones, Ian R ^d   Heston, Leonard L ^e   Sommer, Steve S ^a  

^a CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; DOVAM S; Mutation detection; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR;

ALCOHOLISM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD; PHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

ALCOHOLISM; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CODON; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 1642359540     PISSN: 09558829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00041444-200403000-00010     Document Type: Article

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