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Haplotypes of four novel single nucleotide polymorphisms in the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor beta2-subunit (CHRNB2) gene show no association with smoking initiation or nicotine dependence.
American journal of medical genetics - 9 Oct 2000
Silverman M A, Neale M C, Sullivan P F, Harris-Kerr C, Wormley B, Sadek H, Ma Y, Kendler K S, Straub R E
Abstract excerpt
Several types of evidence, including experiments with mice that lack the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor beta2-subunit gene (CHRNB2), have suggested that a beta2-containing nicotinic receptor is necessary for at least some of the reinforcing properties of nicotine. However, sequence variations i...
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