1. Structural Analysis of Divalent Metals Binding to the Bacillus subtilis Response Regulator Spo0F: The Possibility for In Vitro Metalloregulation in the Initiation of Sporulation

   • Douglas J. Kojetin
   • Richele J. Thompson
   • John Cavanagh

   OriginalPaper Pages: 449 - 466

2. Genome-Wide Screening of Aluminum Tolerance in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

   • Masayuki Kakimoto
   • Atsushi Kobayashi
   • Etsuro Yoshimura

   OriginalPaper Pages: 467 - 474

3. Cadmium Toxicity in Plants: Is There any Analogy to its Carcinogenic Effect in Mammalian Cells?

   • Joanna Deckert

   OriginalPaper Pages: 475 - 481

4. Manganese Oxidation by Bacterial Isolates from the Indian Ridge System

   • Sheryl Oliveira Fernandes
   • K. P. Krishnan
   • P. A. Loka Bharathi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 483 - 492

5. Role of the Alkali Labile Sites, Reactive Oxygen Species and Antioxidants in DNA Damage Induced by Methylated Trivalent Metabolites of Inorganic Arsenic

   • Ernesto Soto-Reyes
   • Luz María Del Razo
   • Emilio Rojas

   OriginalPaper Pages: 493 - 506

6. Gene Regulation by Transmembrane Signaling

   • Volkmar Braun
   • Susanne Mahren
   • Annette Sauter

   OriginalPaper Pages: 507 - 517

7. Caenorhabditis elegans gcs-1 Confers Resistance to Arsenic-Induced Oxidative Stress

   • Vivian Hsiu-Chuan Liao
   • Chan-Wei Yu

   OriginalPaper Pages: 519 - 528

8. Iron Demand by Thermophilic and Mesophilic Bacteria Isolated from an Antarctic Geothermal Soil

   • Milva Pepi
   • Chiara Agnorelli
   • Roberto Bargagli

   OriginalPaper Pages: 529 - 536

9. Evidence for the Cd²⁺ Activation of the Aryl Sulfatase from Helix pomatia

   • Abigail M. Tokheim
   • Donna J. Spannaus-Martin
   • Bruce L. Martin

   OriginalPaper Pages: 537 - 540

10. Early Histological and Functional Effects of Chronic Copper Exposure in Rat Liver

    • Felipe A. Cisternas
    • Gladys Tapia
    • Magdalena Araya

    OriginalPaper Pages: 541 - 551