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Deletion of Mthfd1l causes embryonic lethality and neural tube and craniofacial defects in mice.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 8 Jan 2013
Momb Jessica, Lewandowski Jordan P, Bryant Joshua D, Fitch Rebecca, Surman Deborah R, Vokes Steven A, Appling Dean R
Abstract excerpt
Maternal supplementation with folic acid is known to reduce the incidence of neural tube defects (NTDs) by as much as 70%. Despite the strong clinical link between folate and NTDs, the biochemical mechanisms through which folic acid acts during neural tube development remain undefined. The Mthfd1l gene encodes a mitochondrial monofunctional 10-formyl-tetrahydrofolate synthetase, termed MTHFD1L. This gene is...
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