Molecular mechanisms controlling sensitivity to toxic metal ions in yeast

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 312-318

  Perego, Paola ^a,b   Howell, Stephen B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHELATING AGENT; GLUTATHIONE; METAL ION; METALLOTHIONEIN; SULFIDE; THIOL DERIVATIVE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CYTOTOXICITY; FUNGAL GENETICS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; YEAST;

EID: 0031422659     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/taap.1997.8271     Document Type: Article

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