title: The phylogeny of teleost ZIP and ZnT zinc transporters and their tissue specific expression and response to zinc in zebrafish.
abstract: In contrast to mammals, zinc transporter genes remain largely uncharacterised in teleosts. Teleost zinc transporter genes were data-mined and phylogenetically assigned to mammalian orthologues. For the first time in animals, the tissue-distribution and mRNA expression response to zinc for most zinc transporter genes was tested in zebrafish.
authors.affiliation: Cardiff School of Biosciences, Main BIOSI 1, Cardiff University, Museum Avenue, Cardiff CF10 3TL, UK. FeeneyGP@cardiff.ac.uk
authors.forename: Graham P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Feeney
authors.forename: Dongling
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kille
authors.forename: Christer
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hogstrand
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D006801:Humans; D009928:Organ Specificity; D010802:Phylogeny; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015027:Zebrafish / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D015032:Zinc / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; C017800:zinc-binding protein; D015032:Zinc