Liver copper storage and transport during development: Implications for cytotoxicity

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 1996, Pages

  Luza, Sandra C ^a   Speisky, Hernan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

ceruloplasmin; Copper; cytotoxicity; development; glutathione; metallothione in; storage; transport

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; AMINO ACID; CERULOPLASMIN; COPPER; GLUTATHIONE; METALLOTHIONEIN;

BILIARY EXCRETION; COPPER METABOLISM; CYTOTOXICITY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; LIVER METABOLISM; REVIEW;

EID: 0029983378     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/63.5.812     Document Type: Review

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