Opossum carboxylesterases: sequences, phylogeny and evidence for <it>CES </it>gene duplication events predating the marsupial-eutherian common ancestor
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Carboxylesterases (CES) perform diverse metabolic roles in mammalian organisms in the detoxification of a broad range of drugs and xenobiotics and may also serve in specific roles in lipid, cholesterol, pheromone and lung surfactant...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2008-02-01
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| Series: | BMC Evolutionary Biology |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/8/54 |