Genetic selection? A study of individual variation in the enzymes of folate metabolism

BMC Medical Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Jennings, Barbara A ^a   Willis, Gavin A ^b   Skinner, Jane ^a   Relton, Caroline L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); DNA; FOLIC ACID; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2);

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; FEMALE; FOLATE METABOLISM; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; ADOLESCENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; GENETICS; HOMOZYGOTE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLELES; COHORT STUDIES; FOLIC ACID; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE;

EID: 77949562815     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2350-11-18     Document Type: Article

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