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Metallothionein 1G

Metallothionein-1G is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MT1G gene.[1][2][3]


References

References

  1. Foster R, Jahroudi N, Varshney U, Gedamu L (Sep 1988). “Structure and expression of the human metallothionein-IG gene. Differential promoter activity of two linked metallothionein-I genes in response to heavy metals”. J Biol Chem. 263 (23): 11528–35. PMID 3403543.
  2. Karin M, Eddy RL, Henry WM, Haley LL, Byers MG, Shows TB (Oct 1984). “Human metallothionein genes are clustered on chromosome 16”. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 81 (17): 5494–8. doi:10.1073/pnas.81.17.5494. PMC 391732. PMID 6089206.
  3. “Entrez Gene: MT1G metallothionein 1G”.
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