The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry
Volume 21, Issue 9 , Pages 793-800 , September 2010

Depleted folate pool and dysfunctional mitochondria associated with defective mitochondrial folate proteins sensitize Chinese ovary cell mutants to tert-butylhydroperoxide-induced oxidative stress and apoptosis

Received 10 October 2008 ,Revised 21 May 2009 ,Accepted 22 May 2009.

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☆ This study was funded by a grant from the National Science Council, Taiwan, ROC (NSC 97-2320-B-030-001).

PII: S0955-2863(09)00115-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2009.05.005

The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry
Volume 21, Issue 9 , Pages 793-800 , September 2010

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