UDP-glucuronosyltransferase (UGT1A1*28 and UGT1A6*2) polymorphisms in Caucasians and Asians: Relationships to serum bilirubin concentrations

Pharmacogenetics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 341-349

  Lampe, Johanna W ^a   Bigler, Jeannette ^a   Horner, Neilann K ^a   Potter, John D ^a  

^a USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Genotype; Glucuronosyltransferases; Serum bilirubin; UGT1A1 gene promoter; UGT1A6

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYCOUMARIN; 4 NITROPHENOL; BILIRUBIN; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; GUAIACOL;

ADULT; ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BILIRUBIN BINDING; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN METABOLISM; CAUCASIAN; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMAN; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032767352     PISSN: 0960314X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008571-199906000-00009     Document Type: Article

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