Transgenic mice that overexpress metallothionein-I resist dietary zinc deficiency

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 825-833

  Dalton, Tim ^a   Fu, Kai ^a   Palmiter, Richard D ^b   Andrews, Glen K ^a  

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

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

Author keywords

metallothionein; pancreas; pregnancy; transgenic mice; zinc deficiency

Indexed keywords

METALLOTHIONEIN; ZINC;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS GROWTH; HOST RESISTANCE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0029985755     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/126.4.825     Document Type: Article

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