Significant association of the neurexin-1 gene (NRXN1) with nicotine dependence in European- and African-American smokers

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1569-1577

  Nussbaum, Justin ^a   Xu, Qing ^a   Payne, Thomas J ^c   Ma, Jennie Z ^b   Huang, Weihua ^a   Gelernter, Joel ^d   Li, Ming D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUREXIN; NEUREXIN 1;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALLELE; ARTICLE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FAGERSTROM TEST FOR TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; GENE POOL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HAPLOTYPE; HEAVINESS OF SMOKING INDEX; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RATING SCALE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SYNAPTOGENESIS; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; NEUROPEPTIDES; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SMOKING; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44349192747     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddn044     Document Type: Article

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