"Metallothionein" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A low-molecular-weight (approx. 10 kD) protein occurring in the cytoplasm of kidney cortex and liver. It is rich in cysteinyl residues and contains no aromatic amino acids. Metallothionein shows high affinity for bivalent heavy metals.
| Descriptor ID |
D008668
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.556.670
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| 1996 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Metallothionein" by people in Profiles.
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Intestinal Epithelial TBK1 Prevents Differentiation of T-helper 17 Cells and Tumorigenesis in Mice. Gastroenterology. 2020 11; 159(5):1793-1806.
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Tesmin, Metallothionein-Like 5, is Required for Spermatogenesis in Mice?. Biol Reprod. 2020 04 15; 102(4):975-983.
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The Integrator complex cleaves nascent mRNAs to attenuate transcription. Genes Dev. 2019 11 01; 33(21-22):1525-1538.
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Metallothioneins 1 and 2 Modulate Inflammation and Support Remodeling in Ischemic Cardiomyopathy in Mice. Mediators Inflamm. 2016; 2016:7174127.
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Structures of naturally evolved CUP1 tandem arrays in yeast indicate that these arrays are generated by unequal nonhomologous recombination. G3 (Bethesda). 2014 Sep 17; 4(11):2259-69.
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A polar barrier to transcription can be circumvented by remodeler-induced nucleosome translocation. Nucleic Acids Res. 2011 May; 39(9):3520-8.
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Expression of microRNAs and protein-coding genes associated with perineural invasion in prostate cancer. Prostate. 2008 Aug 01; 68(11):1152-64.
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Modulation of gene expression in precancerous rat esophagus by dietary zinc deficit and replenishment. Cancer Res. 2005 Sep 01; 65(17):7790-9.
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Multiple types of skeletal muscle atrophy involve a common program of changes in gene expression. FASEB J. 2004 Jan; 18(1):39-51.
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Overexpression of human chorionic gonadotropin causes multiple reproductive defects in transgenic mice. Biol Reprod. 2003 Jul; 69(1):338-46.