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The screening for anticoagulant rodenticide gene VKORC1 polymorphism in the rat Rattus norvegicus, Rattus tanezumi and Rattus losea in Hong Kong.
Scientific reports - 22 Jul 2022
Huang Elaine Y Y, Law Sean T S, Nong Wenyan, Yip Ho Yin, Uea-Anuwong Theethawat, Magouras Ioannis, Hui Jerome H L
Abstract excerpt
Anticoagulants are a major component of rodenticides used worldwide, which function by effectively blocking the vitamin K cycle in rodents. The rat Vitamin K epoxide Reductase Complex (VKORC) subunit 1 is the enzyme responsible for recycling vitamin K, and five substitution mutations (Tyr139Cys, Tyr139Ser, Tyr139Phe and Leu128Gln and Leu120Gln) located in the VKORC1 could result in resistance to anticoagulant...
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