Zinc Signaling in Physiology and Pathogenesis

• Main Author: Toshiyuki Fukada (Ed.) (auth)
• Other Authors: Taiho Kambe (Ed.) (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2018
• Subjects: Physiology; zinc signal; disease; zinc transporters; physiology; metallothionein; zinc biology; receptors and channels
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The essential trace element zinc plays indispensable roles in multiple cellular processes. It regulates a great number of protein functions, including transcription factors, enzymes, adapters, and growth factors as a structural and/or catalytic factor. Recent studies have highlighted another functio...