Folate deficiency in rats induces DNA strand breaks and hypomethylation within the p53 tumor suppresser gene

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 46-52

  Kim, Young In ^a   Pogribny, Igor P ^b   Basnakian, Alexei G ^b   Miller, Joshua W ^b   Selhub, Jacob ^b   James, S Jill ^b   Mason, Joel B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

carcinogenesis; DNA damage; DNA methylation; Folate; p53

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RAT; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031022797     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/65.1.46     Document Type: Article

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