Heavy Metal-binding Proteins and Peptides
Part 8. Polyamides and Complex Proteinaceous Materials
Dr. Stephan Clemens,
Dipl. Biochem. Claudia Simm,
Dr. Thomas Maier,
Dr. Stephan Clemens
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Leibniz-Institut für Pflanzenbiochemie, Weinberg 3, Halle (Saale), Germany, 06120
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Leibniz-Institut für Pflanzenbiochemie, Weinberg 3, Halle (Saale), Germany, 06120
Search for more papers by this authorDr. Stephan Clemens,
Dipl. Biochem. Claudia Simm,
Dr. Thomas Maier,
Dr. Stephan Clemens
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Leibniz-Institut für Pflanzenbiochemie, Weinberg 3, Halle (Saale), Germany, 06120
Search for more papers by this authorDipl. Biochem. Claudia Simm
- [email protected]
- +49-345-55821421 | Fax: +49-345-55821409
Leibniz-Institut für Pflanzenbiochemie, Weinberg 3, Halle (Saale), Germany, 06120
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Leibniz-Institut für Pflanzenbiochemie, Weinberg 3, Halle (Saale), Germany, 06120
Search for more papers by this authorAbstract
- Introduction
- Historical Outline
- Chemical Structures
- Nomenclature and Structure of Metallothioneins
- Phytochelatins and Phytochelatin–Metal Complexes
- Structural Properties of Metallochaperones
- Chemical Analysis and Detection
- Metallothioneins
- Phytochelatins
- Occurrence
- Metallothioneins
- Phytochelatins
- Metallochaperones
- Functions
- Metal Homeostasis and the Role of Metallochaperones
- Buffering and Detoxification
- Phytochelatin Functions
- Metallothionein Functions
- Physiology
- Metallothionein Localization and Isoforms
- Localization and Compartmentation of Phytochelatin Synthesis
- Biochemistry
- Metal-binding Characteristics of Metallothioneins
- Biochemistry of Phytochelatin Synthesis
- Molecular Genetics
- Metallothionein Genes and Their Regulation
- Phytochelatin Synthase Genes
- Biotechnological Applications
- Patents
- Outlook and Perspectives
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