Combinatorial interaction between two human serotonin transporter gene variable number tandem repeats and their regulation by CTCF

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 296-306

  Ali, Fahad R ^a   Vasiliou, Sylvia A ^a   Haddley, Kate ^a   Paredes, Ursula M ^a   Roberts, Julian C ^a   Miyajima, Fabio ^a   Klenova, Elena ^b   Bubb, Vivien J ^a   Quinn, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour; CCCTC binding factor; Human serotonin transporter; Polymorphism; Variable number tandem repeat

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CTCF;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INTRON; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RAT; REPORTER GENE; SLC6A4 GENE; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELLS, CULTURED; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MALE; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

RATTUS;

EID: 71649094840     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2009.06453.x     Document Type: Article

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