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Increased influence of genetic variation on PON1 activity in neonates.
Environmental health perspectives - 1 Aug 2003
Chen Jia, Kumar Madhu, Chan Wendy, Berkowitz Gertrud, Wetmur James G
Abstract excerpt
PON1 (paraoxonase-1) detoxifies organophosphates by cleavage of active oxons before they have a chance to inhibit cholinesterases. The corresponding gene PON1 has common polymorphisms in both the promoter (-909, -162, -108) and the coding region (L55M, Q192R). The five PON1 genotypes were determi...
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