Metallothioneins and brain injury: What transgenic mice tell us
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Metallothioneins and brain injury: What transgenic mice tell us.
In rodents, the metallothionein (MT) family is composed of four members, MT-1 to MT-4. MT-1&2 are expressed in virtually all tissues including those of the Central Nervous System (CNS), while MT-3 (also called Growth Inhibitory Factor) and MT-4 are expressed prominently in the brain and in keratinizing epithelia, respectively. For the understanding of the physiological functions of these protei...
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عنوان ژورنال: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine
سال: 2004
ISSN: 1342-078X,1347-4715
DOI: 10.1007/bf02898066