title: Absence of CYP2B6 promoter -82T>C mutation in Chinese as an additional factor for slow metabolism of drugs commonly used in infections.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases and Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Ming-Liang
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Ck
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Kenneth
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tong
authors.forename: Bingying
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Joseph Jy
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Sung
authors.forename: Hsiang-Fu
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Kung
authors.forename: Shui-Shan
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D001189:Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases / Q000235:genetics*; D044466:Asian People / Q000235:genetics*; D002681:China; D065702:Cytochrome P-450 CYP2B6; D003596:Cytosine; D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000235:genetics; D009154:Mutation / Q000235:genetics*; D010089:Oxidoreductases, N-Demethylating / Q000235:genetics*; D010597:Pharmacogenetics; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide / Q000235:genetics*; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics*; D013941:Thymine
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D003596:Cytosine; D001189:Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases; C585599:CYP2B6 protein, human; D065702:Cytochrome P-450 CYP2B6; D010089:Oxidoreductases, N-Demethylating; D013941:Thymine