Regulatory signals in messenger RNA: Determinants of nutrient-gene interaction and metabolic compartmentation

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 307-321

  Hesketh, John E ^a   Vasconcelos, M Helena ^a,b   Bermano, Giovanna ^a  

^a ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Post transcriptional regulation; Untranslated regions

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER; LIPOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; METALLOTHIONEIN; SELENOPROTEIN; TRACE ELEMENT; TRANSFERRIN;

CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; METABOLIC REGULATION; NUTRIENT; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0031794724     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/096582198388265     Document Type: Review

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