Methyl-group donors cannot prevent apoptotic death of rat hepatocytes induced by choline-deficiency

Journal of Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 196-208

  Shin, Ok Ho ^a   Mar, Mei Heng ^a   Albright, Craig D ^a   Citarella, Maria T ^a   Da Costa, Kerry Ann ^a   Zeisel, Steven H ^a  

^a Univ of N Carolina at Chapel Hill ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

apoptosis; betaine; choline; methionine; phosphatidylcholine

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CHOLINE; METHYL GROUP;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; LIVER CELL; LIVER METABOLISM; LIVER NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BETAINE; CELL LINE; CHOLINE DEFICIENCY; CULTURE MEDIA; FOLIC ACID; LIVER; MALE; METHYLATION; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 0031021449     PISSN: 07302312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4644(199702)64:2<196::AID-JCB3>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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