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A family-based association study of kinesin heavy chain member 2 gene (KIF2) and schizophrenia.
Neuroscience letters - 23 Oct 2006
Li Chao, Zheng Yonglan, Qin Wei, Tao Ran, Pan Yuxi, Xu Yifeng, Li Xingwang, Gu Niufan, Feng Guoyin, He Lin
Abstract excerpt
Schizophrenia is a multifactorial disease characterized by multiple genetic susceptibility elements. The human KIF2 gene represents an orthologue of the murine Kif2a, which plays an important role in the transport of various membranous organelles and protein complexes on microtubules. To examine whether this gene is involved in schizophrenia etiology, we undertook studies of transmission disequilibrium in a...
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