Embryonic mechanisms underlying the prevention of neural tube defects by vitamins

Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 264-268

  Copp, Andrew J ^a   Fleming, Angeleen ^a   Greene, Nicholas D E ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Culture; Embryo; Folate; Folic acid; Inositol; Metabolism; Mouse; Mutant; Neurulation

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); FOLIC ACID; INOSITOL; PROTEIN KINASE C; PYRIMIDINE; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR; THYMIDINE KINASE; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE;

ANENCEPHALUS; ANIMAL MODEL; DRUG MECHANISM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FOLATE METABOLISM; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RISK; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRIMIDINE SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; SPINA BIFIDA; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 0032407187     PISSN: 10804013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2779(1998)4:4<264::AID-MRDD5>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Review

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