Ciliate metallothioneins: Unique microbial eukaryotic heavy-metal-binder molecules

Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1025-1034

  Gutiérrez, Juan C ^a   Amaro, F ^a   Diaz S ^a   De Francisco, P ^a   Cubas, L L ^a   Martin Gonzalez A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ciliated protozoa; Gene expression; Heavy metal bioaccumulation; Metallothioneins; Structural features

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; METAL ION; METALLOTHIONEIN;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOSENSOR; COMPUTER MODEL; EUKARYOTIC FLAGELLUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SPECIES COMPARISON; STOICHIOMETRY; STRESS; TETRAHYMENA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; HUMANS; METALLOTHIONEIN; METALS, HEAVY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TETRAHYMENA;

CILIOPHORA; EUKARYOTA; MYXOZOA; TETRAHYMENA; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 80755146147     PISSN: 09498257     EISSN: 14321327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00775-011-0820-9     Document Type: Review

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