Molecular genetic analysis of the human dihydrofolate reductase gene: Relation with plasma total homocysteine, serum and red blood cell folate levels

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 103-109

  Gellekink, Henkjan ^a   Blom, Henk J ^a   van der Linden, I J M ^a   den Heijer, Martin ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CELL LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ERYTHROCYTE; EXON; FOLATE METABOLISM; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; GENE DELETION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRON; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

5' FLANKING REGION; BASE SEQUENCE; ERYTHROCYTES; EXONS; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE; TETRAHYDROFOLATES;

EID: 33845531853     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201713     Document Type: Article

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