Keywords:
Chelating Agents metabolism
;
Heavy metals Toxicology
;
Metal ions Physiological effect
;
Metallothionein
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Metals, Heavy toxicity
;
Metallothionein
;
Chelate
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Metallion
Description / Table of Contents:
An essential resource for scientists working in a wide range of disciplines from environmental toxicology and inorganic biochemistry all the way through to physiology and medicine, These sulfur-rich chelators, being important in metal ion homeostasis, find increasing attention. MILS-5, written by 30 internationally recognized experts, focuses on this hot topic. The reader is supported by about 20 tables, more than 80 illustrations and nearly 2000 references. This book is an essential resource for scientists working in a wide range of disciplines from environmental toxicology and inorganic biochemistry all the way through to physiology and medicine
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
Online-Ressource (544 p)
,
84 b&w, ill
Edition:
RSC eBook Collection 1968-2009
ISBN:
1847559530
,
9781847559531
Series Statement:
Metal ions in life sciences 5
URL:
http://www.rsc.org/Publishing/eBooks/2009/9781847558992.asp
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1039/9781847559531
URL:
http://www.gbv.de/dms/bowker/toc/9781847559531.pdf
Language:
English
Note:
Ebook
,
Chapter 1: METALLOTHIONEINS. HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT AND OVERVIEW-- Chapter 2: REGULATION OF METALLOTHIONEIN GENE EXPRESSION-- Chapter 3: BACTERIAL METALLOTHIONEINS-- Chapter 4: METALLOTHIONEINS IN YEAST AND FUNGI-- Chapter 5: METALLOTHIONEINS IN PLANTS-- Chapter 6: METALLOTHIONEINS IN DIPTERA-- Chapter 7: EARTHWORM AND NEMATODE METALLOTHIONEINS-- Chapter 8: METALLOTHIONEINS IN AQUATIC ORGANISMS: FISH, CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS, AND ECHINODERMS-- Chapter 9: METAL DETOXIFICATION IN FRESHWATER ANIMALS. ROLES OF METALLOTHIONEINS-- Chapter 10: STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF VERTEBRATE METALLOTHIONEINS-- Chapter 11: METALLOTHIONEIN-3, ZINC, AND COPPER IN THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM-- Chapter 12: METALLOTHIONEIN TOXICOLOGY: METAL ION TRAFFICKING AND CELLULAR PROTECTION-- Chapter 13: METALLTHIONEIN IN INORGANIC CARCINOGENESIS-- Chapter 14: THIOREDOXINS AND GLUTAREDOXINS. FUNCTIONS AND METAL ION INTERACTIONS-- Chapter 15: METAL ION-BINDING PROPERTIES OF PHYTOCHELATINS AND RELATED LIGANDS.
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