Cadmium detoxification in protists

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Pharmacology Toxicology and Endocrinology

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 141-147

  Piccinni, Ester ^a   Albergoni, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

cadmium; detoxification; metallothioneins; protists

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; METALLOTHIONEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; BIOACCUMULATION; CILIATE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; EUKARYOTE; HOMEOSTASIS; METAL BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 0029864640     PISSN: 07428413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0742-8413(95)02080-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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