A common 844INS68 insertion variant in the cystathionine β-synthase gene

Biochemical and Molecular Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 23-25

  Kluijtmans, Leo A J ^a   Boers, Godfried H J ^a   Trijbels, Frans J M ^a   Van Lith Zanders, Henriëtte M A ^a   Van Den Heuvel, Lambert P W J ^a   Blom, Henk J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Cystathionine synthase; Genetic marker; Homocysteine; Insertion variant; Vascular disease

Indexed keywords

CYSTATHIONINE; ENZYME VARIANT; SYNTHETASE;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXON; FEMALE; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC MARKER; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MALE; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 0031259275     PISSN: 10773150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bmme.1997.2623     Document Type: Article

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