'Distorted' mitochondrial DNA sequences in schizophrenic patients [1]

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 400-402

  Bandelt, Hans Jürgen ^a   Olivieri, Anna ^b   Bravi, Claudio ^c   Yao, Yong Gang ^d   Torroni, Antonio ^b   Salas, Antonio ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biologia Celular   (Argentina)

^d KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; GENOMIC DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NUCLEOTIDE;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRAND; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; LETTER; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33947666639     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201781     Document Type: Letter

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