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Identification and functional analysis of common human flavin-containing monooxygenase 3 genetic variants.
The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics - 1 Jan 2007
Koukouritaki Sevasti B, Poch Mark T, Henderson Marilyn C, Siddens Lisbeth K, Krueger Sharon K, VanDyke Jonathan E, Williams David E, Pajewski Nicholas M, Wang Tao, Hines Ronald N
Abstract excerpt
Flavin-containing monooxygenases (FMOs) are important for the disposition of many therapeutics, environmental toxicants, and nutrients. FMO3, the major adult hepatic FMO enzyme, exhibits significant interindividual variation. Eighteen FMO3 single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) frequencies were determined in 202 Hispanics (Mexican descent), 201 African Americans, and 200 non-Latino whites. Using expressed...
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