Molecular Biology of Metal Homeostasis and Detoxification From Microbes to Man /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Tamas, Markus J. (Editor), Martinoia, Enrico (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2006.
• Series: Topics in Current Genetics, 14
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Biochemistry.; Cell biology.; Microbiology.; Plant physiology.; Life Sciences.; Biochemistry, general.; Cell Biology.; Biomedicine general.; Plant Physiology.

One of the challenges faced by every cell as well as by whole organisms is to maintain appropriate concentrations of essential nutrient metals while excluding nonessential toxic metals. Toward that end, all organisms have developed mechanisms for metal homeostasis and detoxification to maintain meta...