Analysis of the transcobalamin II 776C>G (259P>R) single nucleotide polymorphism by denaturing HPLC in healthy elderly: Associations with cobalamin, homocysteine and holo-transcobalamin II

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1532-1536

  Wans, Stefan ^a   Schüttler, Katrin ^a   Jakubiczka, Sibylle ^a   Müller, Andreas ^b   Luley, Claus ^a   Dierkes, Jutta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MAGDEBURG   (Germany)

^b JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Healthy elderly; Homocysteine; Transcobalamin

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; ALANINE; COBALAMIN; CYTOSINE; DNA; GUANINE; HOMOCYSTEINE; NUCLEOTIDE; TRANSCOBALAMIN II;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TRANSCOBALAMINS; VITAMIN B 12;

LONCHOCARPUS GLAUCIFOLIUS;

EID: 0345601187     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2003.235     Document Type: Article

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