Effect of common polymorphisms in folate uptake and metabolism genes on frequency of micronucleated lymphocytes in a South Australian cohort

Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis

Volumn 665, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 1-6

  Dhillon, Varinderpal ^a   Thomas, Philip ^a   Fenech, Michael ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Folate; Lymphocytes; Micronuclei; Single nucleotide polymorphisms

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); FOLIC ACID; GLUTAMATE CARBOXYPEPTIDASE II; METHIONINE SYNTHASE; METHIONINE SYNTHASE REDUCTASE; REDUCED FOLATE CARRIER;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLATE METABOLISM; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TANDEM REPEAT; VITAMIN INTAKE;

5-METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLATE-HOMOCYSTEINE S-METHYLTRANSFERASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLELES; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; COHORT STUDIES; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICRONUCLEI, CHROMOSOME-DEFECTIVE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349263015     PISSN: 00275107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2009.02.007     Document Type: Article

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