Bitter taste receptor gene polymorphisms are an important factor in the development of nicotine dependence in African Americans

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 578-582

  Mangold, J E ^a   Payne, T J ^b   Ma, J Z ^c   Chen, G ^a   Li, Ming D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BITTER TASTE RECEPTOR; DNA; GENE PRODUCT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; FEMALE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; SEX FACTORS; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 51849096312     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.2008.057844     Document Type: Article

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