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Eliciting the low-activity aldehyde dehydrogenase Asian phenotype by an antisense mechanism results in an aversion to ethanol.
The Journal of experimental medicine - 3 Sept 2001
Garver E, Tu Gc, Cao Q N, Aini M, Zhou F, Israel Y
Abstract excerpt
A mutation in the gene encoding for the liver mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH2-2), present in some Asian populations, lowers or abolishes the activity of this enzyme and results in elevations in blood acetaldehyde upon ethanol consumption, a phenotype that greatly protects against alco...
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