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A role of zinc in the regulation of gene expression

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2007

Robert J. Cousins
Robert J. Cousins*
Affiliation:
Food Science and Human Nutrition Department, University of Florida, 201 FSHN, Gainesville, FL 32611-0370, USA
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Corresponding author: R. J. Cousins, fax +I 352 392 1008, email [email protected]
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Proceedings of the Nutrition Society , Volume 57 , Issue 2 , May 1998 , pp. 307 - 311
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1998

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