Global variation in the frequencies of functionally different catechol-O-methyltransferase alleles
Palmatier M, Kang A, Kidd K. Global variation in the frequencies of functionally different catechol-O-methyltransferase alleles. Biological Psychiatry 1999, 46: 557-567. PMID: 10459407, DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3223(99)00098-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAllelesAnimalsCatechol O-MethyltransferaseCentral Nervous System DiseasesFemaleGene FrequencyGenetic LinkageGenetic MarkersHumansMaleMental DisordersPolymerase Chain ReactionPolymorphism, Restriction Fragment LengthPrimatesRacial GroupsReference ValuesConceptsRestriction site polymorphismsSingle nucleotide polymorphismsAllele frequenciesDifferent population frequenciesControl allele frequenciesEnzyme activity levelsAncestral alleleCandidate genesPopulation-based association studyAssociation studiesSite polymorphismFirst global surveyNucleotide polymorphismsAllelesEnzyme activityPopulation frequencyPolymorphismDifferent populationsCOMT enzyme activityActivity alleleLow-activity alleleGenesProteinGlobal variationPopulation