Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase C677T Polymorphism, Folic Acid and Riboflavin Are Important Determinants of Genome Stability in Cultured Human Lymphocytes

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 48-56

  Kimura, Michiyo ^a,b   Umegaki, Keizo ^a   Higuchi, Mitsuru ^a   Thomas, Philip ^c   Fenech, Michael ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND NUTRITION   (Japan)

^b TAKASAKI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Japan)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHIONINE; RIBOFLAVIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINESIS; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC STABILITY; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS; MUTANT; NORMAL HUMAN; RIBOFLAVIN DEFICIENCY; WILD TYPE;

EID: 0346726185     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/134.1.48     Document Type: Article

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