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