Histidine protects against zinc and nickel toxicity in Caenorhabditis elegans

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Murphy, John T ^a   Bruinsma, Janelle J ^a,c   Schneider, Daniel L ^a   Collier, Sara ^a   Guthrie, James ^b   Chinwalla, Asif ^a   Robertson, J David ^b   Mardis, Elaine R ^a   Kornfeld, Kerry ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c Exact Sciences Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; HISTIDINE AMMONIALYASE; NICKEL; ZINC; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; HISTIDINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; METAL METABOLISM; METAL TOLERANCE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL RESISTANCE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; ZINC METABOLISM; ANIMAL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE ORDER; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; GENE ORDER; HISTIDINE; HISTIDINE AMMONIA-LYASE; MUTATION; NICKEL; ZINC;

EID: 79953766071     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002013     Document Type: Article

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