The "metal transcription factor" MTF-1: Biological facts and medical implications

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 131, Issue 45-46, 2001, Pages 647-652

  Lichtlen, Peter ^a   Schaffner, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cadmium toxicity; Cell stress; Oxidative stress; Transcription control

Indexed keywords

METAL TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; METALLOTHIONEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

AGING; ANGIOGENESIS; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CANCER PREVENTION; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DEGENERATION; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; LIVER CELL; LIVER DEVELOPMENT; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0035713724     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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