The Zn- and Cd-clusters of recombinant mammalian MT1 and MT4 metallothionein domains include sulfide ligands

Experimental Biology and Medicine

Volumn 231, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1522-1527

  Tío, Laura ^a   Villarreal, Laura ^b   Atrian, Sílvia ^a   Capdevila, Mercè ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Metallothionein; MT1; MT4; Sulfide ligands; domain; domain

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; METALLOTHIONEIN; METALLOTHIONEIN I; METALLOTHIONEIN IV; SODIUM; SULFIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; CHROMATOPHORE; CONFERENCE PAPER; METAL BINDING; NONHUMAN; SYNTHESIS; TITRIMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 33749630415     PISSN: 15353702     EISSN: 15353699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153537020623100911     Document Type: Conference Paper

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