Metallothionein I and II protect against zinc deficiency and zinc toxicity in mice

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 126, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1782-1790

  Kelly, Edward J ^a   Quaife, Carol J ^a   Froelick, Glenda J ^a   Palmiter, Richard D ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

kidney; metallothionein; mice; zinc toxicity; zinc deficiency

Indexed keywords

METALLOTHIONEIN;

ACINAR CELL; ALLELE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; LIVER LEVEL; METAL BINDING; MOUSE; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY WEIGHT; BONE AND BONES; DIET; GENOTYPE; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; METALLOTHIONEIN; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PANCREAS; ZINC;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029987684     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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