Functional inference of methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene polymorphisms on enzyme stability as a potential risk factor for Down syndrome in Croatia

Disease Markers

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 293-298

  Vraneković, Jadranka ^a   Babić Božović, Ivana ^a   Starčević Čizmarević, Nada ^a   Buretić Tomljanović, Alena ^a   Ristić, Smiljana ^a   Petrović, Oleg ^b   Kapović, Miljenko ^a   Brajenović Milić, Bojana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^b KBC RIJEKA   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Down syndrome; enzyme configuration; MTHFR; polymorphisms

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROATIA; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DOWN SYNDROME; ENZYME STABILITY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RISK FACTOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DOWN SYNDROME; ENZYME STABILITY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954769798     PISSN: 02780240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/DMA-2010-0704     Document Type: Article

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