Evidence for a high molecular weight cytosolic factor that binds brain and liver metallothionein

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 969-974

  Gasull, Teresa ^a,b   Hidalgo, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

brain; liver; Metallothionein; metallothionein binding factor

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; METALLOTHIONEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIVER CYTOSOL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RAT;

ANAEROBIOSIS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BRAIN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; CYTOSOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LIVER; METALLOTHIONEIN; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEINS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; ZINC;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029902467     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02532348     Document Type: Article

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