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Physiological, Diurnal and Stress-Related Variability of Cadmium-Metallothionein Gene Expression in Land Snails

The terrestrial Roman snail Helix pomatia has successfully adapted to strongly fluctuating conditions in its natural soil habitat. Part of the snail’s stress defense strategy is its ability to express Metallothioneins (MTs). These are multifunctional, cysteine-rich proteins that bind and inactivate...

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Autores principales: Pedrini-Martha, Veronika, Niederwanger, Michael, Kopp, Renate, Schnegg, Raimund, Dallinger, Reinhard
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4774997/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26935042
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0150442