RhoA, encoding a Rho GTPase, is associated with smoking initiation

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 689-697

  Chen, X ^a   Che, Y ^a   Zhang, L ^a,c   Putman, A H ^b   Damaj, I ^b   Martin, B R ^b   Kendler, K S ^a   Miles, M F ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Haplotype association; Microarray; Nicotine dependence; Single nucleotide polymorphism; Smoking initiation

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA MICROARRAY; DRUG ABUSE; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MAPPING; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MARKER GENE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SMOKING; SYNTENY; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; YWHAG GENE;

ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MICE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REFERENCE VALUES; RHOA GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; SMOKING; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 35748982080     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2006.00296.x     Document Type: Article

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