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Title:

Molecular biology and toxicology of metals / edited by Rudolfs K. Zalups and James Koropatnick.

Publisher:

Taylor & Francis,

Copyright Date:

2000

Description:

viii, 596 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Subject:

Metals--Toxicology.
Metal ions--Physiological transport.
Metal ions--Physiological effect.
Metals--Toxicology.
Metal ions--Physiological effect.
Metal ions--Physiological transport.
Metals--toxicity
Biological transport.
Metals--metabolism.
Molecular biology.

Other Authors:

Zalups, Rudolfs K.
Koropatnick, Donald James, 1952-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Ch. 1. Characterizing metal ion interactions with biological molecules - the spectroscopy of metallothionein -- Ch. 2. Biochemical pathways in cadmium toxicity -- Ch. 3. Arsenic -- Ch. 4. Chromium and nickel -- Ch. 5. Transport of soft metals in procaryotes -- Ch. 6. Metal transport and metabolism -- Ch. 7. The role of ion channels in the transport of metals into excitable and nonexcitable cells -- Ch. 8. Responses of the respiratory tract to cadmium -- Ch. 9. Mercury: molecular interactions and mimicry in the kidney -- Ch. 10. Transport of metals in the nervous system
Ch. 11. Transport of metals in the gastrointestinal system and kidneys -- Ch. 12. Molecular mechanisms of hepatic metal transport -- Ch. 13. Role of glutathione in the metabolism, transport and toxicity of metals -- Ch. 14. Role of metallothionein in the metabolism, transport and toxicity of metals -- Ch. 15. Metal ions and the cytoskeleton -- Ch. 16. The role of metals in oxidative damage and redox cell-signaling derangement -- Ch. 17. Copper ion regulation of gene expression in yeast -- Ch. 18. Toxic and essential metals in the cellular response to signals.

ISBN:

9780748407989 (hbk. : alk. paper)
0748407987 (hbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)41497046

LCCN:

99031652

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)