Most cars carry one person and are used for less than one hour per day. A more economically
rational approach would be to use vehicles more intensively. Carsharing, in which people …

As described in the previous chapter, natural folate compounds exist in tissues as polyglutamates.
These serve to keep the folates within the cell since only the monoglutamate forms …

Glycine N‐methyltransferase (GNMT) is the main enzyme responsible for catabolism of
excess hepatic S‐adenosylmethionine (SAMe). GNMT is absent in hepatocellular carcinoma (…

The molecular mechanisms responsible for postpollination changes in floral scent emission
were investigated in snapdragon cv Maryland True Pink and petunia cv Mitchell flowers …

Methylation is a major biological process. It has been shown to be important in formation of
compounds such as phosphatidylcholine, creatine, and many others and also participates in …

We report studies of a Croatian boy, a proven case of human S-adenosylhomocysteine (AdoHcy)
hydrolase deficiency. Psychomotor development was slow until his fifth month; …

Various questions have been raised about labile methyl balance and total transmethylation
fluxes, and further discussion has been encouraged. This report reviews and discusses …

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common form of chronic liver disease
in most western countries. Current NAFLD diagnosis methods (eg, liver biopsy analysis or …

Background: Although plasma total homocysteine has been identified as an independent
risk factor for vascular disease in a multitude of studies, there is a considerable overlap in …

Genes introduced into higher plant genomes can become silent (gene silencing) and/or cause
silencing of homologous genes at unlinked sites (homology-dependent gene silencing or …