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Comparative analysis of the UDP-glycosyltransferase multigene family in insects.
Insect biochemistry and molecular biology - 1 Feb 2012
Ahn Seung-Joon, Vogel Heiko, Heckel David G
Abstract excerpt
UDP-glycosyltransferases (UGT) catalyze the conjugation of a range of diverse small lipophilic compounds with sugars to produce glycosides, playing an important role in the detoxification of xenobiotics and in the regulation of endobiotics in insects. Recent progress in genome sequencing has enabled an assessment of the extent of the UGT multigene family in insects. Here we report over 310 putative UGT genes...
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