A Brief Review of the Ah Locus

Autor: Alan Poland, Christopher A. Bradfield
Rok vydání: 1992
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Zdroj: The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine. 168:83-87
ISSN: 1349-3329
0040-8727
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.168.83
Popis: POLAND, A, and BRADFIELD, C. A Brief Review of the Ah Locus. Tohoku J. Exp. Med., 1992, 168 (2), 83-87 - The Ah locus, first described as a functional polymorphism among inbred strains of mice, encodes the Ah receptor-a ligand dependent transcriptional activator. This paper reviews the work on the Ah receptor and its importance in the expression of cytochrome P-450IA1 and the pleiotropic effects of halogenated aromatic hydrocarbons. - Ah locus; Ah receptor; cytochrome P-450IA1; halogeneted aromatic hydrocarbons
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