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Paralogs: Homologous DNA sequences generated by genome duplication.
Orthologs: Genes in two species that originate from the same gene in the most recent common ancestor.
96-h LC50: Concentration of a substance that kills 50% of a test population within 96 h.
Water hardness: A measure of the amount of calcium and magnesium ions in water according to the formula Hardness (mg L−1 as CaCO3) = 2.5 × [Ca2+] + 4.1 × [Mg2+].
Slc30: Solute carrier family 30 (zinc transporter) family.
Slc39: Solute carrier family 39 (zinc transporter) family.
Sp1: Sp1 transcription factor.
Introduction
An estimated 10% of all proteins in eukaryotic cells bind zinc, and there are approximately 3,000 zinc proteins in humans. Zinc Binding Proteins: AbundanceDNA sequencing data suggest that this is also a reasonable approximation for the numbers of proteins present in different fish species. Almost all of the zinc in cells is bound to proteins, peptides, and amino...
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Hogstrand, C. (2013). Zinc Regulation in Fish Biology. In: Kretsinger, R.H., Uversky, V.N., Permyakov, E.A. (eds) Encyclopedia of Metalloproteins. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1533-6_209
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