Folate deficiency is not associated with increased mitochondrial genomic instability: Results from dietary intake and lymphocytic mtDNA 4977-bp deletion in healthy young women in Italy

Mutagenesis

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 101-106

  Agodi, Antonella ^a   Barchitta, Martina ^a   Quattrocchi, Annalisa ^a   Marchese, Anna Elisa ^b   Boffetta, Paolo ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL PREVENTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOME, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HUMANS; ITALY; LYMPHOCYTES; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 84894265560     PISSN: 02678357     EISSN: 14643804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mutage/get065     Document Type: Article

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