The human and mouse methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) genes: Genomic organization, mRNA structure and linkage to the CLCN6 gene

Gene

Volumn 257, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 279-289

  Gaughan, Derval J ^a   Barbaux, Sandrine ^a   Kluijtmans, Leo A J ^a   Whitehead, Alexander S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CA repeat polymorphism; Folate; Metabolism; Polyadenylation; Transcription

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); GENE PRODUCT; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN CLCN6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 1P; CPG ISLAND; FOLATE METABOLISM; GENE CONTROL; GENE ISOLATION; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TATA BOX; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CHLORIDE CHANNELS; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS; DNA; FEMALE; GENES; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDOREDUCTASES ACTING ON CH-NH GROUP DONORS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 3A;

EID: 0034739452     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(00)00392-9     Document Type: Article

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