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Metallothionein 2A gene polymorphisms in relation to diseases and trace element levels in humans.
Arhiv za higijenu rada i toksikologiju - 1 Mar 2020
Sekovanić Ankica, Jurasović Jasna, Piasek Martina
Abstract excerpt
Human metallothioneins are a superfamily of low molecular weight intracellular proteins, whose synthesis can be induced by essential elements (primarily Zn and Cu), toxic elements and chemical agents, and stress-producing conditions. Of the four known isoforms in the human body MT2 is the most common. The expression of metallothioneins is encoded by a multigene family of linked genes and can be influenced by...
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