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Pharmacogenomic importance of ABCG2.
Pharmacogenomics - 1 Aug 2008
Cusatis George, Sparreboom Alex
Abstract excerpt
The ATP-binding cassette transporter ABCG2 (BCRP, MXR and ABCP) is highly expressed in the gastrointestinal tract and liver, and governs absorption, distribution and excretion of a wide variety of clinically important drugs. Common germline polymorphisms in the ABCG2 gene have been described that can affect expression, cellular localization and/or substrate recognition of the encoded protein. Alteration of...
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