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Genetic variations and haplotype diversity of the UGT1 gene cluster in the Chinese population.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Yang Jing, Cai Lei, Huang Haiyan, Liu Bingya, Wu Qiang
Abstract excerpt
Vertebrates require tremendous molecular diversity to defend against numerous small hydrophobic chemicals. UDP-glucuronosyltransferases (UGTs) are a large family of detoxification enzymes that glucuronidate xenobiotics and endobiotics, facilitating their excretion from the body. The UGT1 gene cluster contains a tandem array of variable first exons, each preceded by a specific promoter, and a common set of...
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