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Population distribution and effects on drug metabolism of a genetic variant in the 5' promoter region of CYP3A4.
Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics - 1 Sept 1999
Ball S E, Scatina J, Kao J, Ferron G M, Fruncillo R, Mayer P, Weinryb I, Guida M, Hopkins P J, Warner N, Hall J
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BACKGROUND: There are large interindividual differences in CYP3A4 expression and in the metabolism of drug substrates for this enzyme. We and others have identified a polymorphism in the 5' promotor region of the CYP3A4 gene; however, its functional significance is not currently known. This study was conducted to determine whether this polymorphism plays a clinically important role in determining CYP3A4...
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