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Evaluation of aldehyde dehydrogenase 1 promoter polymorphisms identified in human populations.
Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research - 1 Sept 2003
Spence John P, Liang Tiebing, Eriksson C J Peter, Taylor Robert E, Wall Tamara L, Ehlers Cindy L, Carr Lucinda G
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BACKGROUND: Cytosolic aldehyde dehydrogenase, or ALDH1A1, functions in ethanol detoxification, metabolism of neurotransmitters, and synthesis of retinoic acid. Because the promoter region of a gene can influence gene expression, the ALDH1A1 promoter regions were studied to identify polymorphism, to assess their functional significance, and to determine whether they were associated with a risk for developing...
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