The arsenic for phosphorus swap is accidental, rather than a facultative one, and the question whether arsenic is nonessential or toxic is quantitative, not a qualitative one

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 4889-4890

  Dani, Sergio U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Essentiality; Phosphorus; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ARSENIC RESISTANCE; ARSENIC TOXICITY; DNA REPAIR; ESSENTIALITY; METABOLIC EFFECTS; METABOLIC PATHWAYS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; PHOSPHATE TRANSPORTERS; PHOSPHATE UPTAKE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SELECTIVE TRANSPORT;

CELLS; ENZYMES; GENES; METABOLISM; PHOSPHORUS; PHOSPHORYLATION; TOXICITY;

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC; ARSENIC ACID; DNA; PHOSPHORUS;

ARSENATE; ARSENIC; DNA; ENZYME; METABOLISM; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; BINDING COMPETITION; CELL TRANSPORT; CHEMOAUTOTROPH; DNA REPAIR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; FUNGAL METABOLISM; GENETIC STABILITY; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION UNCOUPLING; PHOSPHATE TRANSPORT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PHYSICAL RESISTANCE; PHYSICAL TOLERANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES HABITAT;

ANIMALS; ARSENATES; ARSENIC POISONING; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMANS; PHOSPHATES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

METAZOA;

EID: 80053304933     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.05.044     Document Type: Article

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