Metalotioneínas en bivalvos marinos

Metallothioneins (MTs) are very particular proteins with a molar mass between 6-7 kDa, rich in cysteine (30%) and absence of aromatic amino acids. They undertake the maintenance of homeostasis of Cu and Zn and the detoxification of non-bioessential metals as Cd and Hg, and they are scavengers of fre...

• Main Author: Lemus, Mairin (author)
• Other Authors: Salazar, Raquel (author), Lapo, Byron (author), Chung, Kyung (author)
• Format: article
• Language: spa
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: LATIN AMERICAN JOURNAL OF AQUATIC RESEARCH; METALOTIONEINAS; CONTAMINACION; METALES PESADOS
• Online Access: http://repositorio.utmachala.edu.ec/handle/48000/6597