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CpG Site-Specific Regulation of Metallothionein-1 Gene Expression.
International journal of molecular sciences - 19 Aug 2020
Ogushi Shoko, Yoshida Yuya, Nakanishi Tsuyoshi, Kimura Tomoki
Abstract excerpt
Metal-binding inducible proteins called metallothioneins (MTs) protect cells from heavy-metal toxicity. Their transcription is regulated by metal response element (MRE)-binding transcription factor-1 (MTF1), which is strongly recruited to MREs in the MT promoters, in response to Zn and Cd. Mouse Mt1 gene promoter contains 5 MREs (a-e), and MTF1 has the highest affinity to MREd. Epigenetic changes like DNA...
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