Folate and DNA methylation

Antioxidants and Redox Signaling

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 302-326

  Ly, Anna ^a,b   Hoyt, Lesley ^b,c   Crowell, Julie ^a   Kim, Young In ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYURIDINE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3A; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3B; FOLIC ACID; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; THYMIDINE PHOSPHATE;

AGING; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; CPG ISLAND; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA METHYLATION; FOLATE METABOLISM; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REVIEW; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANIMALS; DNA METHYLATION; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84862111486     PISSN: 15230864     EISSN: 15577716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ars.2012.4554     Document Type: Review

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