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Analysis of the C314T and A595G mutations in histamine N-methyltransferase gene in a Chinese population.
Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry - 1 Dec 2002
Chen Guo-Lin, Xu Zhen-Hua, Wang Wei, Wang Guang-Ping, Zhou Gan, Wang Dan, Zhou Hong-Hao
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BACKGROUND: Histamine N-methyltransferase (HNMT) plays an important role in the metabolism of histamine, a biogenic amine that has many physiologic and pathological roles in human tissues. A missense mutation C314T (Thr105Ile) in the HNMT gene has been identified to represent a common functional polymorphism in Caucasians, whereas an A595G (Ile199Val) variant has been reported in one HNMT cDNA from a Japanese...
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