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. 1977 May 15;33(5):600-1.
doi: 10.1007/BF01946521.

Zinc biochemistry in normal and neoplastic growth processes

B L Vallee

Zinc biochemistry in normal and neoplastic growth processes

B L Vallee. Experientia. .

Abstract

Zinc is essential for the growth of all species. Growth arrest results from its deficiency and presumably reflects important roles for this metal at critical points of metabolism. Studies of zinc metalloenzymes show that zinc serves as a coenzyme to more than 80 enzymes, among which are the reverse transcriptases which cause leukemia in many species. Its role in nucleic acid metabolism is emphasized.

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