Extreme metal adapted, knockout and knockdown strains reveal a coordinated gene expression among different Tetrahymena thermophila metallothionein isoforms
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0189076
Abstract: Metallothioneins (MT) constitute a superfamily of small cytosolic proteins that are able to bind metal cations through numerous cysteine (Cys) residues. Like other organisms the ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila presents several MT isoforms, which have been… read more here.
Keywords: extreme metal; tetrahymena thermophila; knockdown strains; gene ... See more keywords