Putting its fingers on stressful situations: The heavy metal-regulatory transcription factor MTF-1

BioEssays

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1010-1017

  Lichtlen, P ^a   Schaffner, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HEAVY METAL; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MTF 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MTF-1;

ANIMAL; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; METALS, HEAVY; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0035202335     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.1146     Document Type: Review

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