Overexpression of C1-tetrahydrofolate synthase in fetal Down Syndrome brain

Journal of Neural Transmission, Supplement

Volumn , Issue 67, 2003, Pages 85-93

  Fountoulakis, M ^a   Gulesserian, T ^b   Lubec, G ^b  

^a F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; GUANIDINE DERIVATIVE; INOSITOL PHOSPHATE; METHIONINE ADENOSYLTRANSFERASE; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; RIBOSE PHOSPHATE; SYNTHETASE; TETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; CELL LOSS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; ENZYME METABOLISM; FEMALE; FETUS; FOLATE METABOLISM; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

EID: 1542509949     PISSN: 03036995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-6721-2_7     Document Type: Article

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