Biology:Zinc transporter 4

Short description: Protein found in humans

Generic protein structure example

Zinc transporter 4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SLC30A4 gene.

See also

• Solute carrier family

Further reading

• "A novel gene involved in zinc transport is deficient in the lethal milk mouse.". Nat. Genet. 17 (3): 292–7. 1997. doi:10.1038/ng1197-292. PMID 9354792. 
• "Cloning, expression, and vesicular localization of zinc transporter Dri 27/ZnT4 in intestinal tissue and cells.". Am. J. Physiol. 277 (6 Pt 1): G1231–9. 2000. doi:10.1152/ajpgi.1999.277.6.G1231. PMID 10600821. 
• "Expression pattern, genomic structure and evaluation of the human SLC30A4 gene as a candidate for acrodermatitis enteropathica.". Hum. Genet. 109 (2): 178–85. 2001. doi:10.1007/s004390100539. PMID 11511923. 
• "Genomic localization, organization and amplification of the human zinc transporter protein gene, ZNT4, and exclusion as a candidate gene in different clinical variants of acrodermatitis enteropathica.". Arch. Dermatol. Res. 293 (8): 392–6. 2002. doi:10.1007/s004030100246. PMID 11686514. 
• "ZNT4 gene is not responsible for acrodermatitis enteropathica in Japanese families.". Hum. Genet. 110 (2): 201–2. 2002. doi:10.1007/s00439-001-0661-7. PMID 11935329. 
• "Constitutive expression of hZnT4 zinc transporter in human breast epithelial cells". Biochem. J. 364 (Pt 1): 105–13. 2002. doi:10.1042/bj3640105. PMID 11988082. 
• "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. doi:10.1073/pnas.242603899. PMID 12477932. Bibcode: 2002PNAS...9916899M. 
• "Analysis of zinc transporter, hZnT4 ( Slc30A4), gene expression in a mammary gland disorder leading to reduced zinc secretion into milk". Hum. Genet. 113 (3): 202–10. 2003. doi:10.1007/s00439-003-0952-2. PMID 12743795. 
• "Expression of the zinc transporter ZnT4 is decreased in the progression from early prostate disease to invasive prostate cancer". Oncogene 22 (38): 6005–12. 2003. doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1206797. PMID 12955079. 
• "Differential expression of hZnT-4 in human prostate tissues". Prostate 58 (4): 374–81. 2004. doi:10.1002/pros.10344. PMID 14968438. 
• "Labile zinc and zinc transporter ZnT4 in mast cell granules: role in regulation of caspase activation and NF-kappaB translocation". J. Immunol. 172 (12): 7750–60. 2004. doi:10.4049/jimmunol.172.12.7750. PMID 15187159. 
• "Altered expression of zinc transporters-4 and -6 in mild cognitive impairment, early and late Alzheimer's disease brain". Neuroscience 140 (3): 879–88. 2006. doi:10.1016/j.neuroscience.2006.02.049. PMID 16580781.