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MDR1 genotype-related pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics.
Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin - 1 Nov 2002
Sakaeda Toshiyuki, Nakamura Tsutomu, Okumura Katsuhiko
Abstract excerpt
The multidrug resistant transporter MDR1/P-glycoprotein, the gene product of MDR1, is a glycosylated membrane protein of 170 kDa, belonging to the ATP-binding cassette superfamily of membrane transporters. MDR1 acts as an energy-dependent efflux pump that exports its substrates out of cells. MDR1 was originally isolated from resistant tumor cells as part of the mechanism of multidrug resistance, but over the last...
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