Distribution of acetyltransferase activities in the intestines of rapid and slow acetylator rabbits.

doi:10.1093/carcin/12.8.1465

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Distribution of acetyltransferase activities in the intestines of rapid and slow acetylator rabbits.

Carcinogenesis - 1 Aug 1991

Ilett K F, Reeves P T, Minchin R F, Kinnear B F, Watson H F, Kadlubar F F

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Epidemiological studies have shown that there is a significantly greater proportion of the rapid acetylator phenotype in patients with colorectal tumors than in controls; phenotype-related differences in bioactivation of dietary or environmental amines in the intestinal epithelium have been sugge...

Topics

Acetylation
Acetyltransferases
Acyltransferases
Animals
Arylamine N-Acetyltransferase
Intestines
Liver
Male
Phenotype
Rabbits

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