Chapter 14 Mitochondrial Methylenetetrahydrofolate Dehydrogenase, Methenyltetrahydrofolate Cyclohydrolase, and Formyltetrahydrofolate Synthetases

Vitamins and Hormones

Volumn 79, Issue , 2008, Pages 393-410

  Christensen, Karen E ^a   MacKenzie, Robert E ^b  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

FORMATE TETRAHYDROFOLATE LIGASE; METHENYLTETRAHYDROFOLATE CYCLOHYDROLASE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL; ENZYMOLOGY; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ANIMALS; FORMATE-TETRAHYDROFOLATE LIGASE; MAMMALS; METHENYLTETRAHYDROFOLATE CYCLOHYDROLASE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE (NADP); MITOCHONDRIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 51849134892     PISSN: 00836729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0083-6729(08)00414-7     Document Type: Review

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