This book brings together work from leading researchers to present the most recent advances in research on metallothionein.
The book covers a broad range of topics which provide important information for both basic and clinical investigators. The selected 94 articles in this book are written by the leading scientists in the field around the world.
Moreover, the presence and overexpression of MTs in various pathological conditions, such as metal dyshomeostasis, cell proliferation, neurological disorders, and chemotherapy and radiotherapy resistance, could be used as an important ...
... metallothionein . 5. METAL ION TOXICOLOGY IN RELATION TO METALLOTHIONEIN CHEMISTRY 5.1 . Cadmium Toxicity Cadmium ion has been recognized as a major global industrial and com- mercial pollutant with established human health effects for ...
... Metallothionein, an intercellular protein to protect against cadmium toxicity, Annu. Rev. Pharmacol. Toxicol., 39 ... What is metallothionein (MT)? What is unique about the amino acid composition of MTs? 11. Explain how MTs are ...
... What is metallothionein ? 9. How do the fenestrae and metallothionein fa- cilitate absorption and storage of lipid - soluble toxicants and heavy metals in the liver ? 10. Describe the structure and function of the neph- ron . 11 ...
... metal - free metallothionein isoform 2A up to the saturation point at low pH . 1.5.8 Copper - binding to metallothioneins - emission and CD data Excitation into one of the sulfur - copper charge - transfer bands results in the ...
... metallothioneins from rabbit tissue . Biochem . J. 306 : 265-270 . Kägi , J.H.R. & Vallee , B.L. ( 1961 ) Metallothionein : a cadmium and zinc - containing protein from equine renal cortex . II . Physicochemical properties . J. Biol ...