Liver choline dehydrogenase and kidney betaine-homocysteine methyltransferase expression are not affected by methionine or choline intake in growing rats

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 136, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2279-2283

  Slow, Sandy ^a   Garrow, Timothy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BETAINE HOMOCYSTEINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLINE DEHYDROGENASE ENZYME; CHOLINE DERIVATIVE; KIDNEY ENZYME; LIVER ENZYME; MESSENGER RNA; METHIONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME REGULATION; FATTY LIVER; HISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 33748335627     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/136.9.2279     Document Type: Article

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