Fish and mammalian metallothioneins: A comparative study

Gene

Volumn 345, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 21-26

  Scudiero, Rosaria ^a   Temussi, Piero Andrea ^a,b   Parisi, Elio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF PROTEIN BIOCHEMISTRY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Contrast analysis; Hydropathy; Phylogenetic dependence; Protein flexibility; Protein structure; Temperature adaptation

Indexed keywords

METALLOTHIONEIN;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FISH; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRAIT; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES COMPARISON; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 13444306591     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2004.11.024     Document Type: Article

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