A hypervariable segment in the human dopamine receptor D4 (DRD4) gene.

doi:10.1093/hmg/2.6.767

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A hypervariable segment in the human dopamine receptor D4 (DRD4) gene.

Human molecular genetics - 1 Jun 1993

Lichter J B, Barr C L, Kennedy J L, Van Tol H H, Kidd K K, Livak K J

Abstract excerpt

The human dopamine D4 receptor contains a novel polymorphism within the putative third cytoplasmic loop of the protein. The polymorphism is characterized by a varying number of direct imperfect 48-bp repeats in the gene. Pharmacological characterization has suggested that this receptor is the sit...

Topics

Alleles
Amino Acid Sequence
Base Sequence
Clozapine
Ethnicity
Gene Frequency
Genes
Genotype
Haplotypes
Humans
Molecular Sequence Data
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Polymorphism, Genetic
Receptors, Dopamine
Receptors, Dopamine D2
Receptors, Dopamine D4
Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid

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PMID: 8353495
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/2.6.767

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DRD4

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PubMed metadata and Literature Corpus relationships. Corpus snapshot updated 30 Aug 2026. Prepared record publication-8353495-2026-08-30.1. Manifest publication-graph-cohort-2026-08-30.1.

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