The heavy metal-responsive transcription factor-1 (MTF-1) is not required for neural differentiation

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 380, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 711-715

  Lichtlen, Peter ^a   Georgiev, Oleg ^a   Schaffner, Walter ^a   Aguzzi, Adriano ^a   Brandner, Sebastian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cell stress; Metallothionein III; Neural development; Neural transplantation

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE; HEAVY METAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN TISSUE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEATH; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; LIVER NECROSIS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE GRAFT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GLUTAMATE-CYSTEINE LIGASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METALLOTHIONEIN; METALS, HEAVY; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MICE, TRANSGENIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032997807     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BC.1999.089     Document Type: Article

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