Article
Debrisoquine polymorphism: novel CYP2D6 gene Bam HI restriction fragment length polymorphism in the Ngawbé Guaymí Indian of Panama.
Pharmacogenetics - 1 Dec 1991
Petersen D D, Kong A N, Jorge L F, Nebert D W, Arias T D
Abstract excerpt
Markedly decreased cytochrome P450-mediated metabolism of debrisoquine, sparteine, and more than two dozen additional commonly prescribed drugs is an autosomal recessive trait that has been associated with several RFLP patterns involving the CYP2D6 gene. In Caucasians there are at least six varia...
Topics
- Alleles
- Biological Evolution
- Cytochrome P-450 CYP2D6
- Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System
- Debrisoquin
- Female
- Humans
- Indians, Central American
- Male
- Mixed Function Oxygenases
- Panama
- Pedigree
- Phenotype
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
- Pseudogenes
- Sparteine
