Characterization of the UDP-glucuronosyltransferase 1A locus in lagomorphs: Evidence for duplication of the UGT1A6 gene

Molecular Pharmacology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 89-97

  Li, Qing ^a   Lamb, Greg ^a   Tukey, Robert H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; SULFUR 35;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CELL STRAIN COS1; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG GLUCURONIDATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXON; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0033934237     PISSN: 0026895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/mol.58.1.89     Document Type: Article

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