The association of Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase C677T polymorphism and esophageal squamous cell carcinoma analyzed by lightcycler

Progress in Biochemistry and Biophysics

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 555-559

  Zhang, Jian Hui ^a   Li, Yah ^a   Guo, Wei ^a   Wang, Rui ^a,b   Sarbia, M ^a,c   Kiel, S ^a,c   Wen, Deng Gui ^a   Wei, Li Zhen ^a   Chen, Zhi Feng ^a   He, Ming ^a,b   Kuang, Gang ^a   Zhang, Li Wei ^a,b   Wu, Ming Li ^a,b   Wang, Shi Jie ^a,b  

^a Hebei Cancer Institute   (China)

^b HEBEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma; Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase; Polymorphism; Tumor susceptibility

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2);

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME POLYMORPHISM; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; FAMILY HISTORY; FOLATE METABOLISM; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; SMOKING; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

EID: 0141648365     PISSN: 10003282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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