Analysis of VNTRs in the solute carrier family 6, member 18 (SLC6A18) and lack of association with hypertension

DNA and Cell Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 559-567

  Yoon, Young Ho ^a   Seol, So Young ^a   Heo, Jeonghoon ^b   Chung, Chung Nam ^a   Park, In Ho ^a   Leem, Sun Hee ^a  

^a Dong A University   (South Korea)

^b Kosin University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; NEUROTRANSMITTER TRANSPORTER; PROTEIN SLC6A18; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INHERITANCE; KOREA; MALE; MEIOSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, NEUTRAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; PLASMA MEMBRANE NEUROTRANSMITTER TRANSPORT PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 52749096850     PISSN: 10445498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/dna.2008.0755     Document Type: Article

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