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Key words: CYP2E1 gene, disinfection by-products, drinking water, gene polymorphism, gene-environment interaction, intrauterine growth restriction, low birth weight, MTHFR gene, trihalomethanes. The common MTHFR gene produces a version of this enzyme that directs some of the folic acid toward other biological processes, reducing the amount available for proper DNA maintenance, the researchers find. A specific genetic polymorphism for MTHFR which may be involved in arsenic methylation could have contributed to her susceptibility to arsenic. |
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