Characterization of Metal Binding Peptides from Cadmium Resistant Plant Cells
- 1 January 1987
- book chapter
- Published by Springer Nature
- Vol. 52, 323-327
- https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-6784-9_29
Abstract
The majority of the cellular cadmium (15%) of the cellular cadmium is bound to a larger compound which is also heat stable and binds copper more readily than cadmium in vivo. This larger compound has an amino acid composition similar, in some respects, to metallothioneins.Keywords
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