Mechanisms of heavy metal sensing by metal response element-binding transcription factor-1

Journal of Health Science

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 484-494

  Kimura, Tomoki ^a   Itoh, Norio ^b   Andrews, Glen K ^c  

^a SETSUNAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Heavy metal; Metal response element binding transcription factor 1; Metallothionein; Zinc

Indexed keywords

5' THREONYLGLYCYLCYSTEINYLARGINYLCYSTEINYLASPARAGYLCYSTEINE 3'; BRG1 PROTEIN; BRM PROTEIN; CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; HISTONE; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE PCAF; HISTONE DEACETYLASE 1; METAL RESPONSE ELEMENT BINDING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2; NUCLEAR FACTOR I; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN C JUN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UPSTREAM STIMULATORY FACTOR; ZINC;

CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; METAL BINDING; METAL RESPONSE ELEMENT; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ZINC FINGER MOTIF;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 68949113634     PISSN: 13449702     EISSN: 13475207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1248/jhs.55.484     Document Type: Review

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