Article
Anxiety traits associated with a polymorphism in the serotonin transporter gene regulatory region in the Japanese.
Journal of human genetics - 1 Jan 1999
Murakami F, Shimomura T, Kotani K, Ikawa S, Nanba E, Adachi K
Abstract excerpt
We determined polymorphism in the serotonin (5-HT) transporter gene-linked polymorphic region (5-HTTLPR) in 501 healthy Japanese, individuals, using the polymerase chain reaction of Lesch et al., with minor modifications. The distribution of allele frequencies was determined and found to differ f...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Alleles
- Anxiety
- Asian People
- Base Sequence
- Carrier Proteins
- DNA Primers
- Female
- Gene Frequency
- Humans
- Japan
