Folate deficiency in human peripheral blood lymphocytes induces chromosome 8 aneuploidy but this effect is not modified by riboflavin

Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-22

  Ni, Juan ^a   Lu, Lin ^a   Fenech, Michael ^c   Wang, Xu ^a,b  

^a YUNNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aneuploidy; Fluorescence in situ hybridization; Folic acid; Riboflavin

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); FOLIC ACID; RIBOFLAVIN;

ADULT; ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 17; CHROMOSOME 8; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; MOLECULAR PROBE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; RIBOFLAVIN DEFICIENCY;

ADULT; ANEUPLOIDY; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 17; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 8; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LYMPHOCYTES; MIDDLE AGED; RIBOFLAVIN; RIBOFLAVIN DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 75149124781     PISSN: 08936692     EISSN: 10982280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/em.20502     Document Type: Article

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