Alternatively spliced human catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) rationalizes lack of Val158Met effects on pain tolerance

Pain

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 445-446

  Sand, P G ^a   Korte, G ^a   Domani, M ^a   Konstandin, N ^a   Karl, A ^a   Wagner, K ^a   Dinnbier, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; VALINE;

COLD PRESSOR TEST; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; LETTER; NOCICEPTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SPLICING; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; THALAMUS;

CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; COLD; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; RNA SPLICE SITES;

EID: 43549087095     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2008.03.013     Document Type: Letter

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