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Does folic acid supplementation rescue defects in ECE-1-deficient mouse embryos?
Folia biologica - 1 Jan 2014
Haque A, Šaňková B, Kvasilová A, Krejčí E, Sedmera D
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Endothelin (ET) signalling is essential for normal embryonic development. Disruption of this pathway leads to defects in the development of subsets of cranial and cephalic neural crest derivatives. Endothelin-converting enzyme 1 (ECE-1) is a ratelimiting step in the biosynthesis of ET-1. Recently, there has been considerable interest in the protective role of folic acid (FA) against congenital anomalies via...
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