Figure 7.
Representation of the zinc transport process across membranes, mediated by specific importers and exporters, to Zrt- and Irt-like protein (ZIP) and the zinc transporter (ZnT). At the cytoplasmic level, zinc is important for the functionality of zinc finger transcription factors (ZF-TFs) that regulate the transcription of early and late genes in osteoblastic differentiation. Refer to the text for a detailed description.
