Polymorphisms in MTHFR, MS and CBS genes and homocysteine levels in a Pakistani population

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Yakub, Mohsin ^a   Moti, Naushad ^a   Parveen, Siddiqa ^a   Chaudhry, Bushra ^a   Azam, Iqbal ^a   Iqbal, Mohammad Perwaiz ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); CYANOCOBALAMIN; CYSTATHIONINE BETA SYNTHASE; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; LEAD; METHIONINE SYNTHASE; PYRIDOXAL 5 PHOSPHATE; 5 METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLATE HOMOCYSTEINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2);

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CBS GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DNA ISOLATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MS GENE; MTHFR GENE; NORMAL HUMAN; PAKISTAN; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; URBAN POPULATION; VENOUS BLOOD; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

5-METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLATE-HOMOCYSTEINE S-METHYLTRANSFERASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CYSTATHIONINE BETA-SYNTHASE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PAKISTAN; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PYRIDOXAL PHOSPHATE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; VITAMIN B 12; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858679262     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033222     Document Type: Article

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