Open AccessAn Investigation of Modifying Effects of Metallothionein Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms on the Association between Mercury Exposure and Biomarker Levels
Author(s) -
Yi Wang,
Jaclyn M. Goodrich,
Brenda W. Gillespie,
Robert A. Werner,
Niladri Basu,
Alfred Franzblau
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
environmental health perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1552-9924
pISSN - 0091-6765
DOI - 10.1289/ehp.1104079
Subject(s) - metallothionein , biomarker , single nucleotide polymorphism , mercury (programming language) , genetics , biology , genotype , computational biology , gene , computer science , programming language
Recent studies have suggested that several genes that mediate mercury metabolism are polymorphic in humans.
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