Human serotonin transporter gene (SLC6A4) variants: Their contributions to understanding pharmacogenomic and other functional G × G and G × e differences in health and disease

Current Opinion in Pharmacology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-10

  Murphy, Dennis L ^a   Moya, Pablo R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EMOTION; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRON; NONHUMAN; PERSONALITY; PHARMACOGENOMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SLC6A4 GENE;

EID: 79953688210     PISSN: 14714892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coph.2011.02.008     Document Type: Review

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