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An unlikely role for the NAT2 genotypes and haplotypes in the oral cancer of south Indians.
Archives of oral biology - 1 May 2012
Balaji Lakshmi, Krishna Balaji Singh, Bhaskar L V K S
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UNLABELLED: The arylamine N-acetyltransferase 2 (NAT2) enzyme detoxifies a wide spectrum of naturally occurring xenobiotics including carcinogens and drugs. Acetylation catalysed by the NAT2 is an important process in metabolic activation of arylamines to electrophilic intermediates that initiate carcinogenesis. Polymorphism in N-acetyltransferase 2 gene was reported to be associated with the susceptibility of...
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