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Association study of the CNR1 gene exon 3 alternative promoter region polymorphisms and substance dependence.
American journal of medical genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric genetics : the official publication of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics - 5 Jul 2006
Herman Aryeh I, Kranzler Henry R, Cubells Joseph F, Gelernter Joel, Covault Jonathan
Abstract excerpt
An alternative promoter producing a novel 5'-untranslated region of cannabinoid receptor mRNA has recently been described in CNR1, the gene encoding the cannabinoid receptor protein. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) adjacent to this site were reported to be associated with polysubstance abuse [Zhang et al., 2004]. We examined the association of 4 SNPs (rs6928499, rs806379, rs1535255, rs2023239) in the...
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