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SUBMITTER: Lo ST
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6181238 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lo Su-Tang ST Martins André F AF Jordan Veronica Clavijo VC Sherry A Dean AD
Israel journal of chemistry 20170731 9
Zinc has long been the focus of many biological investigations because of its essential role in biology including a catalytic role in many enzymes, a structural role in the many zinc finger proteins, and a physiological role in many secretory cell processes. Divalent zinc is known to be highly abundant in healthy prostate tissues and lower in prostate cancer (PCa). Given the need for newer diagnostic methods for detection of prostate cancer, zinc-responsive probes of various types have been cons ...[more]