Anthropogenic activities have resulted in the wide spread contamination of soils with trace
metals. Invertebrates form a key link between the soil and trophic levels. Hence, an …

Increased awareness of the impact of human activities on the environment has emerged in
recent decades. One significant global environmental and human health issue is the …

In this study, we investigated the bioaccumulation and toxicokinetics of zinc oxide
nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) alone and in the presence of graphene nanosheets (GNs) in the …

Abstract Background Mammalian metallothioneins (MTs) are small (6–7 kDa), intracellular,
cysteine-rich, metal-binding proteins involved, inter alia, in the homeostasis of zinc and …

Metallothioneins (MTs) are low molecular weight cysteine-rich proteins that bind to metals.
Owing to their high cysteine (Cys) content, MTs are effective mediators of heavy metal …

The presence of Cu, a highly redox active metal, is known to damage DNA as well as other
cellular components, but the adverse effects of cellular Cu can be mitigated by …

Insects encounter a variety of metals in their environment, many of which are required at
some concentration for normal organismal homeostasis, but essentially all of which are toxic …

Metallothioneins (MTs) constitute a family of cysteine-rich proteins that play key biological
roles for a wide range of metal ions, but unlike many other metalloproteins, the structures of …

Metallothioneins (MTs) are a class of cysteine-rich metal-binding proteins. Cadmium (Cd) is
one of the toxic heavy metal pollutants. In our previous research, the full-length cDNA of MT …

Marine pollutants such as heavy metals are well-known due to their bioaccumulative nature,
toxicity and persistence in the marine environment. The present research aims to evaluate …