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Exon sequencing and high resolution haplotype analysis of ABC transporter genes implicated in drug resistance.
Pharmacogenetics and genomics - 1 Jun 2006
Leschziner Guy, Zabaneh Delilah, Pirmohamed M, Owen Andrew, Rogers Jane, Coffey Alison J, Balding David J, Bentley David B, Johnson Michael R
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BACKGROUND: The ATP-binding cassette (ABC) proteins are a superfamily of efflux pumps implicated as a mechanism for multidrug resistance in cytotoxic chemotherapy, immunosuppressive therapy, HIV and epilepsy. Genetic variation in P-glycoprotein, the product of the ABCB1 gene, is proposed to media...
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