Betaine-homocysteine methyltransferase: Human liver genotype-phenotype correlation

Molecular Genetics and Metabolism

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 126-133

  Feng, Qiping ^a,d   Kalari, Krishna ^b   Fridley, Brooke L ^b   Jenkins, Gregory ^b   Ji, Yuan ^a   Abo, Ryan ^a   Hebbring, Scott ^a   Zhang, Jianping ^a,e   Nye, Monica D ^a   Leeder, J Steven ^c   Weinshilboum, Richard M ^a  

^a MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Betaine homocysteine methyltransferase; BHMT; BHMT2; Genotype phenotype correlation; Hepatic tissue; Single nucleotide polymorphisms; SNPs

Indexed keywords

BETAINE HOMOCYSTEINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA; LIVER PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FETUS; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HAPLOTYPE MAP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; BETAINE-HOMOCYSTEINE S-METHYLTRANSFERASE; FEMALE; FETUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENOTYPE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 78651418868     PISSN: 10967192     EISSN: 10967206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2010.10.010     Document Type: Article

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