A new twist on an old vitamin: Human polymorphisms in the gene encoding the sodium-dependent vitamin C transporter 1

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 271-272

  Michels, Alexander J ^a   Hagen, Tory M ^a   Frei, Balz ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; COTRANSPORTER; ORGANIC ANION TRANSPORTER; SLC23A2 TRANSPORTER;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIETARY INTAKE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EDITORIAL; GENE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LYMPHOMA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; SODIUM DEPENDENT VITAMIN C TRANSPORTER 1 GENE; STOMACH CANCER; BLOOD; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; NOTE;

ASCORBIC ACID; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; ORGANIC ANION TRANSPORTERS, SODIUM-DEPENDENT; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SYMPORTERS;

EID: 77955501965     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2010.29979     Document Type: Editorial

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