Betaine homocysteine methyltransferase is active in the mouse blastocyst and promotes inner cell mass development

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 287, Issue 39, 2012, Pages 33094-33103

  Lee, Martin B ^a,b   Kooistra, Megan ^a   Zhang, Baohua ^a   Slow, Sandy ^c   Fortier, Amanda L ^e,f   Garrow, Timothy A ^d   Lever, Michael ^c   Trasler, Jacquetta M ^e,f   Baltz, Jay M ^a,b  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c CANTERBURY HEALTH LABORATORIES   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^e RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE; CELL NUMBER; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FOLIC ACIDS; HOMOCYSTEINES; IN-VITRO; INNER CELL MASS; METHYL GROUP; METHYLTRANSFERASES; PRE-IMPLANTATION EMBRYOS; PROTEIN LEVEL; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE;

AMINO ACIDS; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMES; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; MAMMALS;

CELLS;

BETAINE; BETAINE HOMOCYSTEINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; FOLIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA; METHIONINE; METHYL GROUP; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; IN VITRO STUDY; INNER CELL MASS; MORULA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BETAINE; BETAINE-HOMOCYSTEINE S-METHYLTRANSFERASE; BLASTOCYST; CELL SURVIVAL; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; MICE; MORULA; RNA, MESSENGER; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE;

EID: 84866558677     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M112.365478     Document Type: Article

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