Dear Editor: Increased homocysteine levels due to vitamin B6 or B12 deficiency or genetic defects in folate pathway genes are associated with an increased incidence of non-syndromic cleft lip with or without cleft p...Dear Editor: Increased homocysteine levels due to vitamin B6 or B12 deficiency or genetic defects in folate pathway genes are associated with an increased incidence of non-syndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate (NSCLP)tlj. Thymidylate synthase (TS) is a folate-dependent enzyme that catalyzes methylation of 2'-deoxyuridine-5'-monophosphate (dUMP) to 2'-deox- ythymidine-5'-monophosphate (dTMP), a rate-limiting step in DNA synthesis,展开更多
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文摘Dear Editor: Increased homocysteine levels due to vitamin B6 or B12 deficiency or genetic defects in folate pathway genes are associated with an increased incidence of non-syndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate (NSCLP)tlj. Thymidylate synthase (TS) is a folate-dependent enzyme that catalyzes methylation of 2'-deoxyuridine-5'-monophosphate (dUMP) to 2'-deox- ythymidine-5'-monophosphate (dTMP), a rate-limiting step in DNA synthesis,