An allele-specific polymerase chain reaction method for the determination of the D85Y polymorphism in the human UDP-glucuronosyltransferase 2B15 gene in a case-control study of prostate cancer

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 777-782

  MacLeod, Stewart L ^a   Nowell, Susan ^a   Plaxco, Jason ^a   Lang, Nicholas P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b CENTRAL ARKANSAS VETERANS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen metabolism; Prostate cancer; UDP glucuronosyltransferase; UGT2B15

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ALLELE; ANDROGEN METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSTATE CANCER;

EID: 0033637811     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10434-000-0777-3     Document Type: Article

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