Cloning, chromosomal mapping and characterization of the human metal-regulatory transcription factor MTF-1
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Cloning, chromosomal mapping and characterization of the human metal-regulatory transcription factor MTF-1.
Metallothioneins (MTs) are small cysteine-rich proteins that bind heavy metal ions such as zinc, cadmium and copper with high affinity, and have been functionally implicated in heavy metal detoxification and radical scavenging. Transcription of metallothioneins genes is induced by exposure of cells to heavy metals. This induction is mediated by metal-responsive promoter elements (MREs). We have...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nucleic Acids Research
سال: 1994
ISSN: 0305-1048,1362-4962
DOI: 10.1093/nar/22.15.3167