The molecular basis for the role of zinc in developmental biology

Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 188, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 41-48

  Falchuk, Kenneth H ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Organogenesis; Transcription factors; Xenopus laevis; Zinc

Indexed keywords

DNA; LIPOVITELLIN; MESSENGER RNA; METALLOPROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VITELLOGENIN; ZINC;

CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOSOL; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EGG YOLK; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ZINC DEFICIENCY; ZINC METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MORPHOGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZINC;

EUKARYOTA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0031755491     PISSN: 03008177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006808119862     Document Type: Conference Paper

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