Maternal Intake of Folic Acid and Neural Crest Stem Cells

Vitamins and Hormones

Volumn 87, Issue , 2011, Pages 143-173

  Mayanil, Chandra S ^a   Ichi, Shunsuke ^a   Farnell, Barbara Mania ^b   Boshnjaku, Vanda ^a   Tomita, Tadanori ^a   McLone, David G ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY CALUMET   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Differentiation; Folic acid; Histone; MiRNA; Neurogenesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857129802     PISSN: 00836729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-386015-6.00028-7     Document Type: Chapter

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