From heavy metal-binders to biosensors: Ciliate metallothioneins discussed

BioEssays

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 805-816

  Gutiérrez, Juan C ^a   Amaro, Francisco ^a   Martín González, Ana ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gene duplication; Heavy metals; Metallothioneins; Phylogeny; Tetrahymena

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; HEAVY METAL; METALLOTHIONEIN;

BIOSENSOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; STRESS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA; ANIMAL; CILIATE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ANIMALIA; CILIOPHORA; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA; TETRAHYMENA; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

ANIMALS; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; CILIOPHORA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METALLOTHIONEIN; METALS, HEAVY;

EID: 70349313048     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.200900011     Document Type: Review

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