A118G mu opioid receptor polymorphism among drug addicts in Malaysia

Journal of Integrative Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 117-122

  Nagaya, Devaki ^a   Ramanathan, Surash ^b   Ravichandran, Manickam ^a   Navaratnam, Visweswaran ^b  

^a AIMST UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

opioid receptor; A118G; drug addicts; Malaysia; polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; GLYCINE;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; MALE; MU OPIOID RECEPTOR GENE; MUTATOR GENE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84858679822     PISSN: 02196352     EISSN: 1757448X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219635212500082     Document Type: Article

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