Polymorphism of the methionine synthase gene: Association with homocysteine metabolism and late-onset vascular diseases in the Japanese population

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 298-302

  Morita, Hiroyuki ^a   Kurihara, Hiroki ^a   Sugiyama, Takao ^a   Hamada, Chikuma ^a   Kurihara, Yukiko ^a   Shindo, Takayuki ^b   Oh hashi, Yoshio ^a   Yazaki, Yoshio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ADULT DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Genetics; Homocysteine; Methionine synthase; Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase

Indexed keywords

HOMOCYSTEINE; METHIONINE SYNTHASE;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032966833     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.19.2.298     Document Type: Article

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