Functional investigation of a schizophrenia GWAS signal at the CDC42 gene

World Journal of Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 550-554

  Gilks, William P ^a   Hill, Matthew ^a   Gill, Michael ^a   Donohoe, Gary ^a   Corvin, Aiden P ^a   Morris, Derek W ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Association; CDC42; Expression; Gene; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN CDC42;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; HAPLOTYPE MAP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PREDICTION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPECTROPHOTOMETER;

ALLELES; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; DATABASES, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK; RNA, MESSENGER; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 84866288413     PISSN: 15622975     EISSN: 18141412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15622975.2012.666359     Document Type: Article

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