Homocysteine-mediated aberrant DNA methylation in vascular smooth muscle cells and its potential pathogenic mechanism

Progress in Biochemistry and Biophysics

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 479-489

  Jiang, Yi Deng ^a   Zhang, Jian Zhong ^b   Huang, Ying ^a   Su, Juan ^a   Zhang, Jing Ge ^a   Wang, Li Zhen ^a   Han, Xiao Qun ^a   Wang, Shu Ren ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NINGXIA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; DNA methyltransferase; Homocysteine; SAH hydrolase; SAM

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547819664     PISSN: 10003282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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