Metallothioneins in brain - The role in physiology and pathology

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 229-242

  Aschner, M ^a   Cherian, M G ^a   Klaassen, C D ^a   Palmiter, R D ^a   Erickson, J C ^a   Bush, A I ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METALLOTHIONEIN; ZINC;

AMYLOIDOSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; SYNAPSE VESICLE; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC METABOLISM;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031403813     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/taap.1996.8054     Document Type: Editorial

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