The relationship of the serotonin transporter (SLC6A4) extra long variant to gene expression in an African American sample

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 159 B, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 611-612

  Vijayendran, Meeshanthini ^a,b   Cutrona, Carolyn ^c   Beach, Steven R H ^a,d   Brody, Gene H ^a,d   Russell, Daniel ^c   Philibert, Robert A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LETTER; POLYMORPHIC LOCUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER LINKED POLYMORPHIC REGION; SLC6A4 GENE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RNA, MESSENGER; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 84861954251     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32054     Document Type: Letter

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