Identification and functional characterization of three novel alleles for the serotonin transporter-linked polymorphic region

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 185-192

  Ehli, E A ^a,b   Hu, Y ^c   Lengyel Nelson, T ^a   Hudziak, J J ^d   Davies, G E ^a,b,c  

^a Avera McKennan Hospital and University Health Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^c SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

gene expression; serotonin; SERT; transcription factor

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE REPLICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SCHOOL CHILD; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADOLESCENT; ALLELES; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BINDING SITES; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; CHECKLIST; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; NEURONS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 84856214870     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: 14765578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/mp.2010.130     Document Type: Article

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