Takashi Iyanagi: UGT1 gene complex: From Gunn rat to human

Drug Metabolism Reviews

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 14-22

  Ikushiro, Shinichi ^a  

^a TOYAMA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bilirubin; Crigler Najjar syndrome; Gilbert's syndrome; Hyperbilirubinemia; Isoform; UDPglucuronosyltransferase

Indexed keywords

GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; MESSENGER RNA;

CRIGLER NAJJAR SYNDROME; EXON; GENE STRUCTURE; GILBERT DISEASE; GUNN RAT; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

EID: 74549184377     PISSN: 03602532     EISSN: 10979883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03602530903205757     Document Type: Review

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