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Ethnic/racial and genetic influences on cerumen odorant profiles.
Journal of chemical ecology - 1 Jan 2015
Prokop-Prigge Katharine A, Mansfield Corrine J, Parker M Rockwell, Thaler Erica, Grice Elizabeth A, Wysocki Charles J, Preti George
Abstract excerpt
This report describes the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) associated with human cerumen (earwax) and the effects of ethnicity/race and variation on the ATP-binding cassette, sub-family C, member 11 gene (ABCC11). A single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in ABCC11 affects the cerumen VOC profiles of individuals from African, Caucasian, and Asian descent. Employing gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) we...
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