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The Mercury Resistance Operon: From an Origin in a Geothermal Environment to an Efficient Detoxification Machine
Mercuric mercury (Hg[II]) is a highly toxic and mobile element that is likely to have had a pronounced and adverse effect on biology since Earth’s oxygenation ∼2.4 billion years ago due to its high affinity for protein sulfhydryl groups, which upon binding destabilize protein structure and decrease...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Frontiers Research Foundation
2012
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3466566/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23087676 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2012.00349 |