Expression in normals and in subjects with schizophrenia of a novel gene fragment originally isolated from monozygotic twins discordant for schizophrenia

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 17-21

  Zumárraga, Mercedes ^a,c   Andía, Isabel ^a   Dávila, Ricardo ^a   Miller, Jeannette C ^b   Friedhoff, Arnold J ^b  

^a Hospital Psiquiatrico de Zamudio   (Spain)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Monozygotic twins; mRNA; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DNA LIBRARY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MARKER GENE; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION; RNA PURIFICATION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TWIN DISCORDANCE;

EID: 2342655787     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47572004000100004     Document Type: Article

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