Metal release from and sequestration by metallothioneins monitored by electrochemistry and SPR

Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 847-852

  Liu, Lin ^a   Wang, Jianxiu ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Electrochemistry; Metal release; Metallothionein; Sequestration; Surface plasmon resonance

Indexed keywords

FREE RADICAL; HEAVY METAL; METALLOTHIONEIN; TRANSITION ELEMENT;

ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; METAL BINDING; PROTEIN BINDING; REVIEW; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 79955625509     PISSN: 13892010     EISSN: 18734316     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138920111795470886     Document Type: Review

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