10 Structure and Function of Vertebrate Metallothioneins

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter I
2. Historical Development and Perspectives of the Series V
3. Preface to Volume 5: Metallothioneins and Related Chelators VII
4. Contents IX
5. Contributors to Volume 5 XVII
6. Titles of Volumes 1–44 in the Metal Ions in Biological Systems Series XXI
7. Contents of Volumes in the Metal Ions in Life Sciences Series XXIII
8. 1 Metallothioneins: Historical Development and Overview 1
9. 2 Regulation of Metallothionein Gene Expression 31
10. 3 Bacterial Metallothioneins 51
11. 4 Metallothioneins in Yeast and Fungi 83
12. 5 Metallothioneins in Plants 107
13. 6 Metallothioneins in Diptera 155
14. 7 Earthworm and Nematode Metallothioneins 183
15. 8 Metallothioneins in Aquatic Organisms: Fish, Crustaceans, Molluscs, and Echinoderms 199
16. 9 Metal Detoxification in Freshwater Animals. Roles of Metallothioneins 239
17. 10 Structure and Function of Vertebrate Metallothioneins 279
18. 11 Metallothionein-3, Zinc, and Copper in the Central Nervous System 319
19. 12 Metallothionein Toxicology: Metal Ion Trafficking and Cellular Protection 353
20. 13 Metallothionein in Inorganic Carcinogenesis 399
21. 14 Thioredoxins and Glutaredoxins. Functions and Metal Ion Interactions 413
22. 15 Metal Ion-Binding Properties of Phytochelatins and Related Ligands 441
23. Subject Index 483