Human QKI, a new candidate gene for schizophrenia involved in myelination

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 141 B, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 84-90

  Åberg, Karolina ^a   Saetre, Peter ^a   Lindholm, Eva ^a   Ekholm, Birgit ^b   Pettersson, Ulf ^a   Adolfsson, Rolf ^b   Jazin, Elena ^a,c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Department of Evolution Genomics and Systematics ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fine mapping; Haplotype investigation; Large pedigree; mRNA expression

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CHROMOSOME 6Q; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAMETE; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INHERITANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYELINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QKI GENE; RNA BINDING; RNA SPLICING; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SWEDEN;

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; MYELIN SHEATH; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 30344486639     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.30243     Document Type: Article

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