## Abstract Zinc is an element that is essential for cell proliferation and differentiation. Zinc is a structural constituent of a great number of proteins including metabolic enzymes, cellular signaling proteins and transcription factors. The total intracellular concentration of zinc and the intra
Zinc homeostasis and functions of zinc in the brain
β Scribed by Atsushi Takeda
- Book ID
- 110318005
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 116 KB
- Volume
- 14
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1572-8773
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