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Mutations in the exons and exon-intron junction regions of human cytochrome P-4502E1 gene and alcoholism.
Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research - 1 Apr 1999
Itoga S, Nomura F, Harada S, Tsutsumi M, Takase S, Nakai T
Abstract excerpt
Cytochrome P-4502E1 (CYP2E1) is a major component of the microsomal ethanol-oxidizing system (MEOS) and is also involved in the metabolism of a variety of foreign compounds, including carcinogens. It has been shown that there are interindividual variations in the expression of human CYP2E1. Gene-environmental interactions have been suggested to account for the difference. In this study, we screened nine exons and...
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