Spontaneous neural tube defects in splotch mice supplemented with selected micronutrients

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 213, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 55-63

  Wlodarczyk, Bogdan J ^a   Tang, Louisa S ^a   Triplett, Aleata ^b   Aleman, Frank ^b   Finnell, Richard H ^a,b  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

5 Formyltetrahydrofolate; 5 Methyltetrahydrofolate; Folic acid; Gene expression; Methionine; Myoinositol; Neural tube defects; Pax3; Splotch; Thiamine; Thymidine; Tocopherol

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; FOLIC ACID; FOLINIC ACID; INOSITOL; METHIONINE; THIAMINE; THYMIDINE; TRACE ELEMENT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX3; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; PAX3 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOMOZYGOSITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOUSE; NEURAL TUBE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPPLEMENTATION; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; GENETICS; MOUSE MUTANT; MUTATION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO; FEMALE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MICRONUTRIENTS; MUTATION; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 33745176611     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: 10960333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2005.09.008     Document Type: Article

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