Molecular and functional evolution of Tetrahymena metallothioneins: New insights into the gene family of Tetrahymena thermophila

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 391-397

  Santovito, Gianfranco ^a   Formigari, Alessia ^a   Boldrin, Francesco ^a   Piccinni, Ester ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

cDNA; Gene expression; Metallothioneins; Molecular evolution; Tetrahymena thermophila

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; MESSENGER RNA; METALLOTHIONEIN; ZINC;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

CILIOPHORA; TETRAHYMENA; TETRAHYMENA AUSTRALIS; TETRAHYMENA BOREALIS; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 33846563810     PISSN: 15320456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2006.11.010     Document Type: Article

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