Resequencing PNMT in European hypertensive and normotensive individuals: No common susceptibility variants for hypertension and purifying selection on intron 1

BMC Medical Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Kepp, Katrin ^a   Juhanson, Peeter ^a   Kozich, Viktor ^b   Ots, Mai ^a   Viigimaa, Margus ^c   Laan, Maris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b Charles University in Prague and General University Hospital in Prague   (Czech Republic)

^c North Estonian Regional Hospital   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NORADRENALIN; PHENYLETHANOLAMINE N METHYLTRANSFERASE; PHENYLETHANOLAMINE N METHYLTRANSFERASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CATALYSIS; CHROMOSOME 17; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CZECH REPUBLIC; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTONIA; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTRON; MALE; METABOLIC REGULATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION GENETICS; PREDICTION; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

ANIMALIA;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CZECH REPUBLIC; ESTONIA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INTRONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENYLETHANOLAMINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 34547978651     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2350-8-47     Document Type: Article

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