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Genetic polymorphism of GSTT1 may be under natural selection in a population chronically exposed to natural sour gas.
Molecular biology reports - 1 Dec 2008
Zendeh-Boodi Zahra, Saadat Mostafa
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: In order to examine whether chronic exposure to natural sour gas containing sulfur compounds act as natural selection force on genetic polymorphisms of glutathione S-transferase M1 (GSTM1) and T1 (GSTT1), the present study was done. METHODS: The study was performed on two groups of healthy individuals of Masjid-i-Sulaiman (Khozestan province, southwest of Iran) citizens with the mean ages of 47.5 +/-...
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