Nomenclature update for the mammalian UDP glycosyltransferase (UGT) gene superfamily

Pharmacogenetics and Genomics

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 677-685

  Mackenzie, Peter I ^a   Bock, Karl Walter ^b   Burchell, Brian ^c   Guillemette, Chantal ^d   Ikushiro, Shin Ichi ^e   Iyanagi, Takashi ^f   Miners, John O ^a   Owens, Ida S ^g   Nebert, Daniel W ^h  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^e TOYAMA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f RIKEN HARIMA INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^g EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene names; Glucuronosyltransferase; UDP

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; UDP GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; UGT1 ENZYME; UGT2 ENZYME; UGT3 ENZYME; UGT8 ENZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; EXON; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; MAMMAL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SHORT SURVEY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 25144500468     PISSN: 17446872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.fpc.0000173483.13689.56     Document Type: Short Survey

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