title: DNA sequence analysis of the cytosolic acetaldehyde dehydrogenase gene (Ahd-2) in mouse strains with variable ethanol preferences.
abstract: Differences in Ahd-2 at the DNA sequence level were characterized in mouse strains with variable ethanol preferences. The 5' region and the region surrounding the active site of Ahd-2 were compared to detect differences which could affect ethanol sensitivity. Only minor differences were found among the strains in the two regions. These differences cannot explain their variable ethanol preference and the implications of sequence identities among the divergent strains in these regions has yet to be determined.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Bond
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Singh
mesh_terms: D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000235:genetics*; D000445:Aldehyde Oxidoreductases / Q000235:genetics*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003600:Cytosol / Q000201:enzymology; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000737:chemistry*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D000445:Aldehyde Oxidoreductases; C018699:aldehyde dehydrogenase (NAD(P)+)