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Metallothionein

Known as: Metallothionein [Chemical/Ingredient], Metallothioneins 
A low-molecular-weight (approx. 10 kD) protein occurring in the cytoplasm of kidney cortex and liver. It is rich in cysteinyl residues and contains… 
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CUP1-1 protein, S cerevisiaeCUP1-2 protein, S cerevisiaeCd-Zn-metallothioneinHg-Cu-metallothionein
In BloodLigand BindingMT4 geneMetal Ion Binding

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Metalloproteins

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Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Metallothionein expression in chloroplasts enhances mercury accumulation and phytoremediation capability.
Genetic engineering to enhance mercury phytoremediation has been accomplished by expression of the merAB genes that protects the… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Biomarker responses of the earthworm Aporrectodea tuberculata to copper and zinc exposure: differences between populations with and without earlier metal exposure.
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Developmental abnormalities in transgenic mice expressing a sialic acid-specific 9-O-acetylesterase
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
The Drosophila hsp70 message is rapidly degraded at normal temperatures and stabilized by heat shock.
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
A 12-base-pair DNA motif that is repeated several times in metallothionein gene promoters confers metal regulation to a heterologous gene.
To define DNA sequences involved in mouse metallothionein-I (MT-I) gene promoter function and metal regulation, we fused the 5… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Expression of a set of fish genes following heat or metal ion exposure.
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Transcriptional regulation of mouse liver metallothionein-I gene by glucocorticoids
Glucocorticoid hormones play an important part in the regulation of many essential metabolic processes1. These include the… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Isolation and characterization of the mouse metallothionein-I gene.
Double-stranded cDNA was synthesized from a mouse liver mRNA fraction enriched for metallothionein mRNA activity, ligated to… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Characterisation of cadmium-binding proteins from mussels, Mytilus edulis (L), exposed to cadmium.
Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
Purification and some properties of Cd-binding protein from rat liver.
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