Competitive reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction shows that dietary zinc supplementation in humans increases monocyte metallothionein mRNA levels

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 127, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 694-698

  Sullivan, Vicki K ^a   Cousins, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

complementary DNA; humans; metallothionein mRNA; monocytes; nutrient assessment; polymerase chain reaction; zinc status

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; METALLOTHIONEIN; ZINC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MONOCYTE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0031008206     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/127.5.694     Document Type: Article

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