Temporal evaluation of methionine synthase and related metabolites in the MAC15A mouse adenocarcinoma animal model

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 577-584

  Blackburn, Alison ^a   Bibby, Michael C ^a   Lucock, Mark D ^b   Nicolaou, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Folates; MAC15A mouse; Methionine synthase; S adenosylmethionine; Sulphur amino acids

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID; CYSTEINE; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHIONINE; METHIONINE SYNTHASE; S ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SULFUR;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER MODEL; CELL FUNCTION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEFECT; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME METABOLISM; ERYTHROCYTE; EVALUATION; METABOLITE; METHYLATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TIME;

5-METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLATE-HOMOCYSTEINE S-METHYLTRANSFERASE; ANIMALS; CARCINOMA; CELL DIVISION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; METHIONINE; METHYLATION; MICE;

EID: 7044253354     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.20451     Document Type: Article

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