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MTHFR C677T polymorphism among Meiteis of Manipur (India).
Ethnicity & disease - 1 Jan 2013
Kabita Salam, Singh Huidrom Suraj, Chongtham Dhanaraj Singh, Saraswathy Kallur Nava
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BACKGROUND: The enzyme MTHFR catalyses the irreversible conversion of 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate to 5-methyltetrahydrofolate, which serves as a methyl donor in the reaction converting homocysteine to methionine. Mutation at MTHFR gene (C677T) has been implicated in the pathogenesis of common...
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