The C2H2 zinc finger transcription factors are likely targets for Ni(II) toxicity

Ewa Kurowska1, Joanna Sasin-Kurowska, Arkadiusz Bonna

  • 1Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Pawinskiego 5a, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland.

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