METALS IN BIOLOGY 1

14/11/99

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Table of Contents

METALS IN BIOLOGY

ESSSENTIAL ELEMENTS

CLASSES OF METALS

IMPACT IN BODY

METAL IMBALANCE DISEASES

TOXIC METAL IONS

BIOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF ESSENTIAL METALS

PROTEIN STRUCTURE

METAL TRAFFICKING

Cu TRAFFICKING IN YEAST

THE CHAPERONE ANALOGY

Copper : The Good and Bad

METAL CHAPERONES : Cu delivery

METAL CHAPERONES : Cu delivery

METAL CHAPERONES : Phytochelatins - What are they

METAL CHAPERONES : Phytochelatins - Structure

METAL CHAPERONES : Phytochelatins - What do they do ?

METAL CHAPERONES : Phytochelatins - What do they do ?

METAL CHAPERONES : Metallothioneins - What are they ?

METAL CHAPERONES : Metallothioneins - Properties

METAL CHAPERONES : Metallothioneins - Structure

METAL CHAPERONES : Metallothioneins - Spectroscopic Properties

METAL CHAPERONES : Metallothioneins - Cellular Proterties

A FAILURE TO DELIVER

Cu Delivery

Metal ATPases

Wilson’s and Menkes Mutations

A Family of Metal ATPases

 


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