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Novel procedure for genotyping of the human serotonin transporter gene-linked polymorphic region (5-HTTLPR)--a region with a high level of allele diversity.
Psychiatric genetics - 1 Oct 2007
Rasmussen Henrik B, Werge Thomas M
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BACKGROUND: The serotonin transporter, the target of a group of antidepressant drugs, is involved in the regulation of the availability and reuptake of serotonin. A variable number of tandem repeats in the promoter region of the serotonin transporter gene, designated 5-HTTLPR, affects the transcription of this gene and appears to modulate the susceptibility to a variety of diseases including depression. Of...
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