The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry
Volume 16, Issue 7 , Pages 419-423 , July 2005

Biotin — a regulator of gene expression

This paper was presented at the “International Symposium: vitamins as regulators of genetic expression: biotin as a model,” NAFTA Satellite Meeting to the XXV National Congress of Biochemistry held December 3–4, 2004, in Ixtapa, Zihuatanejo, Mexico.

  • Krishnamurti Dakshinamurti

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationDivision of Stroke and Vascular Disease, St. Boniface Hospital Research Centre, Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada R2H 2A6. Tel.: +1 204 235 3938; fax: +1 204 896 3614.

Received 30 March 2005 ,Revised 30 March 2005 ,Accepted 30 March 2005.

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☆ This meeting was sponsored by Sociedad Mexicana de Bioquimica A.C.; Programa de Doctorado en Ciencias Biomedicas, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico; Laboratorios Roche-Syntex, Mexico; and Instituto de Investigaciones Biomedicas, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico.

PII: S0955-2863(05)00088-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2005.03.015

The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry
Volume 16, Issue 7 , Pages 419-423 , July 2005

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