2004
COMT haplotypes suggest P2 promoter region relevance for schizophrenia
Palmatier M, Pakstis A, Speed W, Paschou P, Goldman D, Odunsi A, Okonofua F, Kajuna S, Karoma N, Kungulilo S, Grigorenko E, Zhukova O, Bonne-Tamir B, Lu R, Parnas J, Kidd J, DeMille M, Kidd K. COMT haplotypes suggest P2 promoter region relevance for schizophrenia. Molecular Psychiatry 2004, 9: 859-870. PMID: 15098000, DOI: 10.1038/sj.mp.4001496.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1999
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 ResearchConceptsRestriction 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 variationPopulationGlobal variation of a 40-bp VNTR in the 3′-untranslated region of the dopamine transporter gene (SLC6A3)
Kang A, Palmatier M, Kidd K. Global variation of a 40-bp VNTR in the 3′-untranslated region of the dopamine transporter gene (SLC6A3). Biological Psychiatry 1999, 46: 151-160. PMID: 10418689, DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3223(99)00101-8.Peer-Reviewed Original Research