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Genetic polymorphisms of the human CYP2A13 gene: identification of single-nucleotide polymorphisms and functional characterization of an Arg257Cys variant.
The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics - 1 Aug 2002
Zhang Xiuling, Su Ting, Zhang Qing-Yu, Gu Jun, Caggana Michele, Li Hongming, Ding Xinxin
Abstract excerpt
Human cytochrome P450 2A13 (CYP2A13), which is highly efficient in the metabolic activation of a major tobacco-specific carcinogen, 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone (NNK), may play important roles in xenobiotic toxicity and tobacco-related tumorigenesis in the respiratory tract. The...
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