Population analysis of xenobiotic metabolizing genes in South Brazilian Euro and Afro-descendants

Individual variability in xenobiotic metabolism has been associated with susceptibility to developing complex diseases. Genes involved in xenobiotic metabolism have been evaluated in association studies; the difficulty of obtaining accurate gene frequencies in mixed populations makes interpretation...

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Main Authors: Marcos Euzébio Maciel, Fausto Koga Oliveira, Gustavo Bonfim Propst, Maria da Graça Bicalho, Iglenir João Cavalli, Enilze Maria de Souza Fonseca Ribeiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Genética 2009-01-01
Series:Genetics and Molecular Biology
Subjects:
CYP
GST
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572009000400010