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Investigation of DUSP8 and CALCA in alcohol dependence.
Addiction biology - 1 Sept 2003
Hink Raquel L, Hokanson John E, Shah Imran, Long Jeffrey C, Goldman David, Sikela James M
Abstract excerpt
Evidence for genetic linkage to alcohol dependence was found on chromosome 11p15.5 from an autosome-wide scan in a Southwestern Native American population. The purpose of this study was to identify genes that may underlie this linkage signal. Two genes, calcitonin/calcitonin-related polypeptide alpha (CALCA) and dual specificity phosphatase 8 (DUSP8), met our criteria for candidacy, and were sequenced to identify...
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