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. 1989 Dec;45(6):883–888.

Physical linkage of a GABAA receptor subunit gene to the DXS374 locus in human Xq28.

M V Bell 1, J Bloomfield 1, M McKinley 1, M N Patterson 1, M G Darlison 1, E A Barnard 1, K E Davies 1
PMCID: PMC1683479  PMID: 2574000

Abstract

We report the physical linkage of the gene encoding one of the subunits of the GABAA receptor (GABRA3) to the polymorphic locus DXS374 on the human X chromosome at Xq28. X-linked manic depression and other psychiatric disorders have been mapped to this region, and thus GABRA3 is a potential candidate gene for these disorders. DXS374--and therefore GABRA3--lies distal to the fragile X locus at a recombination fraction of approximately .15.

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