Folate and homocysteine metabolism in copper-deficient rats

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects

Volumn 1427, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 351-356

  Tamura, Tsunenobu ^a   Hong, Kyu H ^b   Mizuno, Yasuharu ^a   Johnston, Kelley E ^a   Keen, Carl L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Copper deficiency; Folate; Homocysteine; Methionine synthase; Rat; Vitamin B 12

Indexed keywords

COPPER; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHIONINE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; COPPER DEFICIENCY; COPPER METABOLISM; ERYTHROCYTE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RISK FACTOR;

5-METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLATE-HOMOCYSTEINE S-METHYLTRANSFERASE; ANIMALS; COPPER; ERYTHROCYTES; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; LIVER; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TETRAHYDROFOLATES; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 0032919425     PISSN: 03044165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4165(99)00043-4     Document Type: Article

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