Effects of dietary zinc deficiency and repletion on metallothionein and Ki-67 in rat small intestine, liver and kidney
Zinc is a nutrient essential for normal growth and development. Numerous cellular proteins involved in proliferative processes require zinc for their function. Metallothionein (MT), a metal binding protein, may regulate the interactions of zinc with cellular proteins, and thus, it may modulate zinc-...
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| Language: | en_US |
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2007
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1993/2291 |