Effects of folic acid deficiency and MTHFR C677T polymorphism on spontaneous and radiation-induced micronuclei in human lymphocytes

Mutagenesis

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 327-333

  Leopardi, Paola ^a   Marcon, Francesca ^a   Caiola, Stefania ^a   Cafolla, Arturo ^b   Siniscalchi, Ester ^a   Zijno, Andrea ^a   Crebelli, Riccardo ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CYTOSINE; FOLIC ACID; THYMIDINE; URACIL;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CATALYSIS; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CHROMOSOME LOSS; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIETARY INTAKE; DNA HYPERMETHYLATION; DNA METHYLATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GAMMA RADIATION; GENE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IONIZING RADIATION; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; MICRONUCLEUS; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MTHFR GENE; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSENSITIVITY;

ADULT; CYTOKINESIS; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MICRONUCLEI, CHROMOSOME-DEFECTIVE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 33749594285     PISSN: 02678357     EISSN: 14643804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mutage/gel031     Document Type: Article

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