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Pharmacogenomic assessment of carboxylesterases 1 and 2.
Genomics - 1 Oct 2004
Marsh Sharon, Xiao Ming, Yu Jinsheng, Ahluwalia Ranjeet, Minton Matthew, Freimuth Robert R, Kwok Pui-Yan, McLeod Howard L
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Human carboxylesterases 1 and 2 (CES1 and CES2) catalyze the hydrolysis of many exogenous compounds. Alterations in carboxylesterase sequences could lead to variability in both the inactivation of drugs and the activation of prodrugs. We resequenced CES1 and CES2 in multiple populations (n = 120)...
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