Overview
- A milestone in metal biology
- Addresses both essential and toxic metals and looks at their effects in a range of different organisms
- A must have for postgraduates and researchers alike
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Topics in Current Genetics (TCG, volume 14)
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
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 metal levels within physiological limits. This book brings together current knowledge of the molecular basis of metal homeostasis and detoxification in various eukaryotic model systems, including yeasts, plants, and mammals. It focuses on the cellular systems controlling metal transport, intracellular distribution, and immobilization as well as on systems regulating metal-dependent transcription. In addition to environmental aspects (including phytoremediation), the book treats the pathophysiology of metal deficiency and overload in relation to disease.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Molecular Biology of Metal Homeostasis and Detoxification
Book Subtitle: From Microbes to Man
Editors: Markus J. Tamas, Enrico Martinoia
Series Title: Topics in Current Genetics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/b98249
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2006
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-22175-3Published: 20 December 2005
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-06062-5Published: 12 February 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-31719-7Published: 07 July 2006
Series ISSN: 1610-2096
Series E-ISSN: 1610-6970
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 509
Topics: Biochemistry, general, Cell Biology, Microbiology, Biomedicine general, Plant Physiology