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Novel human CYP2A6 alleles confound gene deletion analysis.
FEBS letters - 2 Jul 2004
Nakajima Miki, Yoshida Ryoko, Fukami Tatsuki, McLeod Howard L, Yokoi Tsuyoshi
Abstract excerpt
Cytochrome P450 (CYP) 2A6 metabolizes a number of drugs and a variety of procarcinogens. CYP2A6 also catalyzes nicotine C-oxidation leading to cotinine formation, a major metabolic pathway of nicotine in humans. There are genetic polymorphisms in the human CYP2A6 gene and a relationship between the CYP2A6 genotype and smoking habits as well as the incidence of lung cancer has been indicated. CYP2A6*4 alleles are...
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