ISSN:
1476-4687
Source:
Nature Archives 1869 - 2009
Topics:
Biology
,
Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Medicine
,
Natural Sciences in General
,
Physics
Notes:
[Auszug] Nicotine is the primary compound in tobacco that establishes and maintains tobacco dependence. Most of this nicotine is metabolized to cotinine by the genetically variable enzyme CYP2A6. Here we show that individuals lacking full functional CYP2A6, who therefore have impaired nicotine ...
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/31623
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