Characterization and localization of metal-responsive-element-binding transcription factors from tilapia

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 42-55

  Cheung, Andrew Pok Lap ^a   Au, Candy Yee Man ^a   Chan, William Wai Lun ^a   Chan, King Ming ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Metal inductions; Metal regulatory element; Metallothionein; Nuclear translocation

Indexed keywords

ISOPROTEIN; METAL RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; PROLINE; SERINE; THREONINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN; ZINC ION;

CELL ORGANELLE; CICHLID; CLONE; ELECTROKINESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; ZINC;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CELL; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REPORTER GENE; TILAPIA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

TILAPIA;

EID: 77953663244     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2010.03.017     Document Type: Article

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