Homocysteine homeostasis and betaine-homocysteine S-methyltransferase expression in the brain of hibernating bats

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Zhang, Yijian ^a   Zhu, Tengteng ^a   Wang, Lina ^a   Pan, Yi Hsuan ^a   Zhang, Shuyi ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BETAINE-HOMOCYSTEINE S-METHYLTRANSFERASE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN; CHIROPTERA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HIBERNATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HOMOCYSTEINE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RATS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84893275458     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085632     Document Type: Article

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