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Genetic polymorphism of glutathione S-transferase P1 gene and lung cancer risk.
Cancer causes & control : CCC - 1 Feb 1999
To-Figueras J, Gené M, Gómez-Catalán J, Piqué E, Borrego N, Carrasco J L, Ramón J, Corbella J
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OBJECTIVES: The human GSTTP1 gene is polymorphic with an A-->G transition in exon 5 causing a replacement 105 Ile-->Val in the GSTP1 protein. The two isoforms, encoded by the alleles GSTP1*A and GSTP1*B, respectively, show different catalytic efficiencies towards some carcinogenic epoxides. In th...
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