Zinc transporters 1, 2 and 4 are differentially expressed and localized in rats during pregnancy and lactation

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 342-351

  Liuzzi, Juan P ^a,b   Bobo, Jeffrey A ^a   Cui, Li ^a,c   McMahon, Robert J ^a,d   Cousins, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d Mead Johnson Nutritionals   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal development; Gene expression; Lactation; Transport

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC; ZINC TRANSPORTER 1; ZINC TRANSPORTER 2; ZINC TRANSPORTER 4;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL MEMBRANE; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE CELL; LACTATION; LIVER; MAMMARY GLAND; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SMALL INTESTINE; WESTERN BLOTTING; ZINC METABOLISM;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037315905     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/133.2.342     Document Type: Article

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