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TPH2 and TPH1: association of variants and interactions with heroin addiction.
Behavior genetics - 1 Mar 2008
Nielsen David A, Barral Sandra, Proudnikov Dmitri, Kellogg Scott, Ho Ann, Ott Jurg, Kreek Mary Jeanne
Abstract excerpt
The tryptophan hydroxylase 2 gene (TPH2) was resequenced at the 5' upstream, coding, and 3' downstream regions, including all 11 exons in 185 subjects. Twenty-three novel and 14 known variants were identified. In a cohort of 583 consecutively ascertained subjects, including normal volunteers and those with specific addictive diseases, six common TPH2 and one TPH1 variant were genotyped. Allele frequencies of...
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