Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase 677C→T polymorphism and folate status affect one-carbon incorporation into human DNA deoxynucleosides

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 389-396

  Quinlivan, Eoin P ^a   Davis, Steven R ^a   Shelnutt, Karla P ^a   Henderson, George N ^b   Ghandour, Haifa ^c   Shane, Barry ^d   Selhub, Jacob ^c   Bailey, Lynn B ^a   Stacpoole, Peter W ^b   Gregory III, Jesse F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Deoxypurine; Isotope; LC MS MS; Methyldeoxycytidine; Thymidine

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); DEOXYADENOSINE; DEOXYGUANOSINE; FOLIC ACID; FOLINIC ACID; METHIONINE; NUCLEOSIDE; PURINE; SERINE; THYMIDINE; THYMIDINE PHOSPHATE;

ADULT; CANCER; CARBON METABOLISM; CARBON PARTITIONING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA ISOLATION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FOLATE METABOLISM; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MONOCYTE; NORMAL HUMAN; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 20144371859     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/135.3.389     Document Type: Conference Paper

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