ADH1B: From alcoholism, natural selection, and cancer to the human phenome

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 113-125

  Polimanti, Renato ^a   Gelernter, Joel ^a,b  

^a VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

alcohol dehydrogenase 1B; complex traits; gene regulation; molecular function

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; PROTEIN ADH1B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ADH1B PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADH1B GENE; ALCOHOLISM; BIOINFORMATICS; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; EVOLUTION; GENE CONTROL; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN PHENOME; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; ALLELE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; METABOLISM; NEOPLASM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; ALLELES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 85017338682     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32523     Document Type: Review

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