Exposure of human proximal tubule cells to cd2+, zn2+, and Cu2+ induces metallothionein protein accumulation but not metallothionein isoform 2 mRNA.
- 1 September 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Environmental Health Perspectives in Environmental Health Perspectives
- Vol. 106 (9), 587-595
- https://doi.org/10.1289/ehp.98106587
Abstract
The organization of the human metallothionein (MT) gene family is more complex than the commonly used mouse and rat models. The human MTs are encoded by a family of genes consisting of 10 functional and 7 nonfunctional MT isoforms. One objective of this ...Keywords
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