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Role of ATP7A in copper homeostasis

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posted on 2007-01-01, 00:00 authored by Bi-Xia. Ke
Menkes disease is a fatal genetic copper deficiency. The Menkes protein (ATP7A) was found to remove copper from tissues in mice that expressed the human ATP7A. Promising results were obtained with the use of a new copper complex for treatment of Menkes disease using a mouse model.

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xviii, 179 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.

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eng

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Deakin University, Victoria, 2007.

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Ph.D.

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Faculty of Science

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Engineering and Built Environment

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