Twenty-one-base-pair insertion polymorphism creates an enhancer element and potentiates SLC6A1 GABA transporter promoter activity
Hirunsatit R, George ED, Lipska BK, Elwafi HM, Sander L, Yrigollen CM, Gelernter J, Grigorenko EL, Lappalainen J, Mane S, Nairn AC, Kleinman JE, Simen AA. Twenty-one-base-pair insertion polymorphism creates an enhancer element and potentiates SLC6A1 GABA transporter promoter activity. Pharmacogenetics And Genomics 2009, 19: 53-65. PMID: 19077666, PMCID: PMC2791799, DOI: 10.1097/fpc.0b013e328318b21a.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAgedAnimalsBase SequenceBlack or African AmericanCase-Control StudiesCell LineDNA PrimersEnhancer Elements, GeneticFemaleGABA Plasma Membrane Transport ProteinsGene ExpressionHippocampusHumansMaleMiceMiddle AgedMinisatellite RepeatsMolecular Sequence DataMutagenesis, InsertionalPharmacogeneticsPolymorphism, GeneticPromoter Regions, GeneticRecombinant ProteinsRNA, MessengerSchizophreniaSequence Homology, Nucleic AcidTranscriptional ActivationYoung AdultConceptsPromoter activityEnhancer elementsReporter assaysMultiple copiesInsertion polymorphismInsertion alleleInsertion sequenceMobility shift assaysGamma-aminobutyric acid transporter-1