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Genotype-phenotype correlation between the polymorphic UGT2B17 gene deletion and NNAL glucuronidation activities in human liver microsomes.
Pharmacogenetics and genomics - 1 Nov 2005
Lazarus Philip, Zheng Yan, Runkle E Aaron, Muscat Joshua E, Wiener Doris
Abstract excerpt
The nicotine-derived tobacco-specific nitrosamine, 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone (NNK), is one of the most potent and abundant procarcinogens found in tobacco and tobacco smoke, and glucuronidation of its major metabolite, 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanol (NNAL), is...
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