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Heavy Metals and Metalloids As a Cause for Protein Misfolding and Aggregation
While the toxicity of metals and metalloids, like arsenic, cadmium, mercury, lead and chromium, is undisputed, the underlying molecular mechanisms are not entirely clear. General consensus holds that proteins are the prime targets; heavy metals interfere with the physiological activity of specific,...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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MDPI
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4030994/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24970215 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biom4010252 |