ZnT-2, a mammalian protein that confers resistance to zinc by facilitating vesicular sequestration

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1784-1791

  Palmiter, Richard D ^a   Cole, Toby B ^a   Findley, Seth D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endosomes; Lysosomes; Metallothionein; Zinc transport; Zinquin fluorescence

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE ORANGE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FLUORESCENT DYE; HISTIDINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; ZINC;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL STRAIN BHK; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA LIBRARY; ENDOSOME; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; LYSOSOME; MEMBRANE VESICLE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

EID: 0029873677     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00527.x     Document Type: Article

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