Metallothioneins: potential therapeutic aids for wound healing in the skin
- 1 May 2002
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in Wound Repair and Regeneration
- Vol. 10 (3) , 130-132
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1524-475x.2002.20101.x
Abstract
Metallothioneins are a family of low molecular weight proteins containing approximately 30 % cysteine. Expression of the metallothionein gene is up‐regulated in the skin following topical application...Keywords
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