The structure and properties of methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase from Escherichia coli suggest how folate ameliorates human hyperhomocysteinemia

Nature Structural Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 359-365

  Guenther, Brian D ^a   Sheppard, Christal A ^a   Tran, Pamela ^b   Rozen, Rima ^b   Matthews, Rowena G ^a   Ludwig, Martha L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE; MUTANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEL FILTRATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032895522     PISSN: 10728368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/7594     Document Type: Article

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