Bioinformatic and genetic association analysis of microrna target sites in One-Carbon metabolism genes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Stone, Nicole ^a,g   Pangilinan, Faith ^a   Molloy, Anne M ^b   Shane, Barry ^c   Scott, John M ^b   Ueland, Per Magne ^d   Mills, James L ^e   Kirke, Peader N ^f   Sethupathy, Praveen ^a   Brody, Lawrence C ^a  

^a NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^f HEALTH RESEARCH BOARD   (Ireland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHYLMALONIC ACID; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 125; MICRORNA 22; MICRORNA 344; MICRORNA 488; RNA; TRANSCOBALAMIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CARBON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARBON METABOLISM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HUMAN; MISSENSE MUTATION; NORMAL HUMAN; RNA ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; BIOLOGY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CARBON; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MICRORNAS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960194080     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021851     Document Type: Article

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