Isolation of (copper, zinc)-thioneins from the livers of copper-injected rats
- 1 August 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Portland Press Ltd. in Biochemical Journal
- Vol. 157 (2), 517-520
- https://doi.org/10.1042/bj1570517
Abstract
The mixed copper- and zinc-binding proteins, with mol.wt. of approx. 12000, induced in rat liver after injection of copper were isolated and characterized as metallothioneins. Three separate forms were obtained, with 7-11% total metal in the protein, equivalent to 2.6-1.6 cysteine residues/metal atom.This publication has 12 references indexed in Scilit:
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