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Novel allele containing a 190C>T nonsynonymous substitution in the N-acetyltransferase (NAT2) gene.
Human mutation - 1 Jun 2000
Shishikura K, Hohjoh H, Tokunaga K
Abstract excerpt
N-acetyltransferase (NAT2) is an enzyme involved in detoxification of various carcinogens. The gene is highly polymorphic with a number of alleles, and is also known as acetylator phenotypes: the fast, intermediate and slow acetylators. In this report, we describe a novel NAT2 allele, which was f...
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