Imprinting in the schizophrenia candidate gene GABRB2 encoding GABA A receptor Β2 subunit

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 557-568

  Pun, F W ^a,b   Zhao, C ^a,b   Lo, W S ^a,b   Ng, S K ^a,b   Tsang, S Y ^a,b   Nimgaonkar, V ^c   Chung, W S ^d   Ungvari, G S ^e   Xue, H ^a,b  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d TAI PO HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^e CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

epigenetics; imprinting; positive selection; schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA1; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BETA2; BISULFITE; MESSENGER RNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENOME IMPRINTING; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RNA, MESSENGER; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 79955480276     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: 14765578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/mp.2010.47     Document Type: Article

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