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Promiscuity and preferences of metallothioneins: the cell rules

Metalloproteins are essential for many cellular functions, but it has not been clear how they distinguish between the different metals to bind the correct ones. A report in BMC Biology finds that preferences of two metallothionein isoforms for two different cations are due to inherent properties of...

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Autores principales: Foster, Andrew W, Robinson, Nigel J
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3084178/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21527046
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1741-7007-9-25