Cellular toxicity of cadmium ions and their detoxification by heavy metal-specific plant peptides, phytochelatins, expressed in mammalian cells

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 233-239

  Takagi, Masahiro ^a   Satofuka, Hiroyuki ^a   Amano, Satoshi ^b   Mizuno, Haruo ^b   Eguchi, Yutaka ^c   Hirata, Kazumasa ^b,d   Miyamoto, Kazuhisa ^b,d   Fukui, Kiichi ^b   Imanaka, Tadayuki ^b,d  

^a JAPAN ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cadmium ion; MAP kinase; Oxidative stress; Phytochelatin; Phytochelatin synthase

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; CADMIUM; GLUTATHIONE; HEAVY METAL; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PHYTOCHELATIN; PROTEIN BCL 2; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DETOXIFICATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKEMIA CELL LINE; MAMMAL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0036184893     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a003093     Document Type: Article

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