Amino acids and the regulation of methyl balance in humans

Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 52-57

  Brosnan, John T ^a   Da Silva, Robin ^a   Brosnan, Margaret E ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Creatine; Methionine; Methyltransferases; Neural tube defects; S adenosylmethionine

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CREATINE; METHIONINE; METHYL GROUP; METHYLTRANSFERASE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE;

ACCURACY; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; METHYLATION; MOUSE; MUTATION; NEURAL TUBE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REACTION ANALYSIS; REVIEW;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; CREATINE; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; METHIONINE; METHYLATION; MICE; MUTATION; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE;

EID: 33845407242     PISSN: 13631950     EISSN: 15353885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCO.0b013e3280110171     Document Type: Review

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