Folate and One-Carbon Metabolism and Its Impact on Aberrant DNA Methylation in Cancer

Advances in Genetics

Volumn 71, Issue C, 2010, Pages 79-121

  Liu, Jia ^a,b   Ward, Robyn Lynne ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FOLIC ACID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COLORECTAL TUMOR; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALS; CARBON; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 77957341225     PISSN: 00652660     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-380864-6.00004-3     Document Type: Book

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