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SUBMITTER: Shin JG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3744698 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Shin Joong-Gon JG Cheong Hyun Sub HS Kim Jason Yongha JY Kim Lyoung Hyo LH Han Chang Soo CS Kim Ji On JO Kim Hae Deun HD Kim Young Hoon YH Chung Myeon Woo MW Han Soon Young SY Shin Hyoung Doo HD
Journal of Korean medical science 20130731 8
Dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPYD) is an enzyme that regulates the rate-limiting step in pyrimidine metabolism, especially catabolism of fluorouracil, a chemotherapeutic agent for cancer. In order to determine the genetic distribution of DPYD, we directly sequenced 288 subjects from five ethnic groups (96 Koreans, 48 Japanese, 48 Han Chinese, 48 African Americans, and 48 European Americans). As a result, 56 polymorphisms were observed, including 6 core polymorphisms and 18 novel polymorphism ...[more]