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Genetic variants in the enhancer region of the thymidylate synthase gene in the Chilean population.
British journal of clinical pharmacology - 1 Jun 2006
Acuña M, Eaton L, Cifuentes L, Massardo D
Abstract excerpt
AIMS: Thymidylate synthase (TYMS) is an important target enzyme for the fluoropyrimidines. The TYMS gene enhancer region possesses tandemly repeated (TSER) sequences that are polymorphic in humans and different among ethnic groups. The aims of this study were to estimate the frequencies of the TSER variants in two hospital samples located in the northern (HSJ) and eastern (CLC) parts of Santiago, Chile, and...
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