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MTHFR A1298C polymorphism and idiopathic male infertility.
Journal of postgraduate medicine - 1 Jan 2000
Singh K, Singh S K, Raman R
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BACKGROUND: DNA methylation is an important epigenetic feature of DNA that plays a pivotal role in gene expression regulation during spermatogenesis. The enzyme methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) catalyses the formation of folate intermediates that are vital for DNA synthesis and methylation reactions. C677T and A1298C variants of MTHFR result in reduced plasma folate and increase the susceptibility to...
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