The role of the pancreas in intestinal zinc secretion in metallothionein-null mice

Pancreas

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 69-75

  Rofe, A M ^a   Winters, N ^a   Hinskens, B ^a   Philcox, J C ^a   Coyle, P ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL AND VETERINARY SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Intestinal secretion; Metallothionein; Metallothionein null; Pancreas; Zinc

Indexed keywords

METALLOTHIONEIN; ZINC;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCRETION; HOMEOSTASIS; INTESTINE SECRETION; LIVER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; TISSUE LEVEL; ZINC METABOLISM;

EID: 0033014690     PISSN: 08853177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006676-199907000-00011     Document Type: Article

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