Analysis of phytochelatin-cadmium comple
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Yen, Ten-Yang; Villa, Joseph A.; DeWitt, Jane G.
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Article
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1999
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Phytochelatins (PCs, also known as class III metallothioneins), a family of sulfhydryl-rich peptides with the formula (g-GluCys) n Gly(Pc n , n = 2-11), are induced in plants, yeast and fungi exposed to heavy metals, and are thought to detoxify metals by forming PC-metal complexes. Although PCs have