Choline: A nutrient that is involved in the regulation of cell proliferation, cell death, and cell transformation

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 399, Issue , 1996, Pages 131-141

  Zeisel, Steven H ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; DIACYLGLYCEROL; FOLIC ACID; METHIONINE; PROTEIN KINASE C; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

ANIMALIA; HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 0029951282     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4613-1151-5_10     Document Type: Conference Paper

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