Association of aggression with a novel microRNA binding site polymorphism in the wolframin gene

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 162, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 404-412

  Kovacs Nagy, Reka ^a   Elek, Zsuzsanna ^a   Szekely, Anna ^b   Nanasi, Tibor ^a   Sasvari Szekely, Maria ^a   Ronai, Zsolt ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Aggression; MicroRNA; Rs1046322; SNP; WFS1

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; LUCIFERASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MICRORNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WOLFRAMIN PROTEIN;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; DEPRESSION; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; IN VITRO STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; WOLFRAM SYNDROME;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; AGGRESSION; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; GENETIC MARKERS; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84878219676     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32157     Document Type: Article

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