Wilson disease and Menkes disease: new handles on heavy-metal transport.
Little is known at the molecular level about the homeostatic control of heavy-metal concentrations in mammals. Recently, however, two human diseases that disrupt copper transport, Menkes disease and Wilson disease, were found to be caused by mutations in two closely related genes, MNK and WND, which...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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1994
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