Novel responses of ZRF, a variant of human MTF-1, to in vivo treatment with heavy metals

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Structure and Expression

Volumn 1492, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 330-340

  Otsuka, Fuminori ^a   Okugaito, Izumi ^a   Ohsawa, Motoyasu ^a   Iwamatsu, Akihiro ^b   Suzuki, Kaoru ^c   Koizumi, Shinji ^c  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KIRIN BREWERY CO LTD   (Japan)

^c NATL INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cloning; Heavy metal; Metal responsive element; Metallothionein; MTF 1; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; COPPER; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HEAVY METAL; MESSENGER RNA; METALLOTHIONEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SILVER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MTF1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN; ZINC REGULATORY FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE ACTIVATION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR CLONING; PLASMID; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; GENE EXPRESSION; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METALS, HEAVY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0034710265     PISSN: 01674781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4781(00)00110-X     Document Type: Article

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