MT1F explained

Metallothionein-1F is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MT1F gene.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Further reading

• West AK, Stallings R, Hildebrand CE, etal . Human metallothionein genes: structure of the functional locus at 16q13 . Genomics . 8 . 3 . 513–8 . 1991 . 2286373 . 10.1016/0888-7543(90)90038-V .
• Book: Gedamu L, Varshney U, Jahroudi N, etal . Metallothionein II . Structure and expression of the human metallothionein genes . 52 . 361–72 . 1987 . 2444457 . 10.1007/978-3-0348-6784-9_34. Experientia Supplementum . 978-3-0348-6786-3 .
• Varshney U, Jahroudi N, Foster R, Gedamu L . Structure, organization, and regulation of human metallothionein IF gene: differential and cell-type-specific expression in response to heavy metals and glucocorticoids . Mol. Cell. Biol. . 6 . 1 . 26–37 . 1987 . 3023827 . 10.1128/MCB.6.1.26. 367480 .
• Foster R, Jahroudi N, Varshney U, Gedamu L . 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 . 1988 . 10.1016/S0021-9258(18)37990-0 . 3403543 . free .
• Carter AD, Felber BK, Walling MJ, etal . Duplicated heavy metal control sequences of the mouse metallothionein-I gene . Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. . 81 . 23 . 7392–6 . 1985 . 6095291 . 10.1073/pnas.81.23.7392 . 392152 . free .
• Bylander JE, Li SL, Sens MA, Sens DA . Exposure of human proximal tubule cells to cytotoxic levels of CdCl2 induces the additional expression of metallothionein 1A mRNA . Toxicol. Lett. . 76 . 3 . 209–17 . 1995 . 7762008 . 10.1016/0378-4274(95)80005-X .
• Mididoddi S, McGuirt JP, Sens MA, etal . Isoform-specific expression of metallothionein mRNA in the developing and adult human kidney . Toxicol. Lett. . 85 . 1 . 17–27 . 1996 . 8619255 . 10.1016/0378-4274(96)03632-6 .
• Garrett SH, Somji S, Todd JH, etal . Differential expression of human metallothionein isoform I mRNA in human proximal tubule cells exposed to metals . Environ. Health Perspect. . 106 . 12 . 825–32 . 1999 . 9831543 . 10.2307/3434126 . 1533231 . 3434126.
• Vandeghinste N, Proost P, De Ley M . Metallothionein isoform gene expression in zinc-treated human peripheral blood lymphocytes . Cell. Mol. Biol. (Noisy-le-grand) . 46 . 2 . 419–33 . 2000 . 10774930 .
• Rahman MT, De Ley M . Metallothionein isogene transcription in red blood cell precursors from human cord blood . Eur. J. Biochem. . 268 . 3 . 849–56 . 2001 . 11168427 . 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2001.01947.x .
• Jin R, Bay BH, Chow VT, etal . Significance of metallothionein expression in breast myoepithelial cells . Cell Tissue Res. . 303 . 2 . 221–6 . 2001 . 11291768 . 10.1007/s004410000310 . 6541195 .
• Garrett SH, Belcastro M, Sens MA, etal . Acute exposure to arsenite induces metallothionein isoform-specific gene expression in human proximal tubule cells . J. Toxicol. Environ. Health A . 64 . 4 . 343–55 . 2001 . 11693492 . 10.1080/152873901316981321 . 2001JTEHA..64..343G . 43143430 .
• Strausberg RL, Feingold EA, Grouse LH, etal . Generation and initial analysis of more than 15,000 full-length human and mouse cDNA sequences . Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. . 99 . 26 . 16899–903 . 2003 . 12477932 . 10.1073/pnas.242603899 . 139241 . 2002PNAS...9916899M . free .
• Izmailova E, Bertley FM, Huang Q, etal . HIV-1 Tat reprograms immature dendritic cells to express chemoattractants for activated T cells and macrophages . Nat. Med. . 9 . 2 . 191–7 . 2003 . 12539042 . 10.1038/nm822 . 26145639 .
• Lu DD, Chen YC, Zhang XR, etal . The relationship between metallothionein-1F (MT1F) gene and hepatocellular carcinoma . The Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine . 76 . 2 . 55–62 . 2005 . 15369632 . 2582696 .
• Gerhard DS, Wagner L, Feingold EA, etal . The status, quality, and expansion of the NIH full-length cDNA project: the Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC) . Genome Res. . 14 . 10B . 2121–7 . 2004 . 15489334 . 10.1101/gr.2596504 . 528928 .
• Pope SN, Lee IR . Yeast two-hybrid identification of prostatic proteins interacting with human sex hormone-binding globulin . J. Steroid Biochem. Mol. Biol. . 94 . 1–3 . 203–8 . 2005 . 15862967 . 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2005.01.007 . 9746088 .

Notes and References

1. Karin M, Eddy RL, Henry WM, Haley LL, Byers MG, Shows TB . Human metallothionein genes are clustered on chromosome 16 . Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A . 81 . 17 . 5494–8 . Oct 1984 . 6089206 . 391732 . 10.1073/pnas.81.17.5494 . 1984PNAS...81.5494K . free .
2. Schmidt CJ, Jubier MF, Hamer DH . Structure and expression of two human metallothionein-I isoform genes and a related pseudogene . J Biol Chem . 260 . 12 . 7731–7 . Jul 1985 . 10.1016/S0021-9258(17)39668-0 . 2581970 . free .
3. Web site: Entrez Gene: MT1F metallothionein 1F.