Analysis of enhancer activity of a dinucleotide repeat polymorphism in the neurotrophin-3 gene and its association with bipolar disorder

Neuropsychobiology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 206-210

  Tadokoro, K ^a   Hashimoto, R ^a   Tatsumi, M ^b   Kamijima, K ^b   Kunugi, H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE   (Japan)

^b SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Association study; Bipolar disorder; Dinucleotide repeat; Enhancer activity; Luciferase assay; Neurotrophin 3; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

NEUROTROPHIN 3;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENHANCER REGION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GLIOMA CELL; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROBLASTOMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO;

ALLELES; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS; HUMANS; NEUROTROPHIN 3; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 4644360716     PISSN: 0302282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000079971     Document Type: Article

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