Journal
FEBS LETTERS
Volume 582, Issue 2, Pages 351-358Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2007.12.031
Keywords
cynomolgus monkey; drug metabolism; drug-metabolizing enzyme; expressed sequence tags; lineage-specific gene; liver
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The liver, a major organ for drug metabolism, is physiologically similar between monkeys and humans. However, the paucity of identified genes has hampered a deep understanding of drug metabolism in monkeys. To provide such a genetic resource, 28 655 expressed sequence tags (ESTs) were generated from a cynomolgus monkey liver full-length enriched cDNA library, which contained 23 unique ESTs homologous to human drug-metabolizing enzymes. Our comparative genomics approach identified nine lineage-specific candidate ESTs, including three drug-metabolizing enzymes, which could be important for understanding the physiological differences between monkeys and humans. (C) 2007 Federation of European Biochemical Societies. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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