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Diminished alcohol preference in transgenic mice lacking aldehyde dehydrogenase activity.
Pharmacogenetics - 1 Nov 2002
Isse Toyohi, Oyama Tsunehiro, Kitagawa Kyoko, Matsuno Koji, Matsumoto Akiko, Yoshida Akira, Nakayama Keiko, Nakayama Kei-Ichi, Kawamoto Toshihiro
Abstract excerpt
Aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) 2 plays a major role in the detoxification of aldehyde and is known to be responsible for alcohol preference. A diminished enzyme activity due to mutation of the Aldh2 gene is associated with high alcohol sensitivity and a low alcohol tolerance in humans. The genomic background distinguishing an alcohol preference and avoidance in various inbred mouse strains is not clear. We created...
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