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Population differences in the human arsenic (+3 oxidation state) methyltransferase (AS3MT) gene polymorphism detected by using genotyping method.
Toxicology and applied pharmacology - 15 Dec 2007
Fujihara Junko, Kunito Takashi, Agusa Tetsuro, Yasuda Toshihiro, Iida Reiko, Fujii Yoshimi, Takeshita Haruo
Abstract excerpt
Arsenic poisoning from drinking groundwater is a serious problem, particularly in developing Asian countries. Human arsenic (+3 oxidation state) methyltransferase (AS3MT) is known to catalyze the methylation of arsenite. Recently, a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNPs; rs17885947, M287T (T860C)) in the AS3MT gene was shown to be related to enzyme activity and considered to be related to genetic susceptibility to...
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