Common genetic polymorphisms affect the human requirement for the nutrient choline

FASEB Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1336-1344

  Da Costa, Kerry Ann ^a   Kozyreva, Olga G ^b   Song, Jiannan ^a   Galanko, Joseph A ^b   Fischer, Leslie M ^a   Zeisel, Steven H ^a  

^a University of North Carolina   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Betaine:homocysteine methyltransferase; BHMT; CHDH; Choline deficiency; Choline dehydrogenase; Genetic polymorphism; PEMT; Phosphatidylethanolamine N methyltransferase

Indexed keywords

BETAINE HOMOCYSTEINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLINE; CHOLINE DEHYDROGENASE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLINE KINASE; PEMPT PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; LIVER; METABOLISM; RACE; REFERENCE VALUE; UNITED STATES;

CHOLINE; CHOLINE DEFICIENCY; CHOLINE KINASE; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; NORTH CAROLINA; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 33746504112     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.06-5734com     Document Type: Article

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