Zinc networks: The cell-specific compartmentalization of zinc for specialized functions

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 393, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 565-578

  Hennigar, Stephen R ^a   Kelleher, Shannon L ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Calcium; Mammary gland; Pancreas; Prostate

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; STAT5 PROTEIN; ZINC ION; ZINC TRANSPORTER;

ACINAR CELL; APOPTOSIS; BINDING AFFINITY; BRAIN; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GROWTH; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL FUNCTION; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; MAMMARY GLAND; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS; PANCREAS ISLET ALPHA CELL; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; SECRETORY VESICLE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; HUMANS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; ZINC;

EID: 84867771698     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: 14374315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/hsz-2012-0128     Document Type: Review

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