Metallothionein isogene transcription in red blood cell precursors from human cord blood

• Main Authors: Rahman, Mohammad Tariqur, De Ley, Marc
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Federation of European Biochemical Societies 2001
• Subjects: Q Science (General)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/29704/1/Eur_J_Biochem.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/29704/; http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1742-4658/issues
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

The in vitro transcription patterns for 10 functional metallothionein (MT) isogenes have been investigated in red blood cell (RBC) precursors from human cord blood. Active transcription status of the isogenes, MT-0, MT-1A, MT-1B, MT-1E, MT-1G, MT-1X, and MT-2A, was detected in both ex vivo expa...