Metal regulation of metallothionein gene transcription in mammals

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 448, Issue , 1999, Pages 223-236

  Remondelli, P ^b   Moltedo, O ^b   Pascale, M C ^b   Leone, Arturo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METALLOTHIONEIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0033278279     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-4859-1_20     Document Type: Conference Paper

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