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Functional characterization of cytochromes P450 2B from the desert woodrat Neotoma lepida.
Toxicology and applied pharmacology - 1 Feb 2014
Wilderman P Ross, Jang Hyun-Hee, Malenke Jael R, Salib Mariam, Angermeier Elisabeth, Lamime Sonia, Dearing M Denise, Halpert James R
Abstract excerpt
Mammalian detoxification processes have been the focus of intense research, but little is known about how wild herbivores process plant secondary compounds, many of which have medicinal value or are drugs. cDNA sequences that code for three enzymes of the cytochrome P450 (CYP) 2B subfamily, here termed 2B35, 2B36, and 2B37 have been recently identified from a wild rodent, the desert woodrat (Malenke et al.,...
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