Research on freshwater fungi has concentrated on their role in plant litter decomposition in
streams. Higher fungi dominate over bacteria in terms of biomass, production and enzymatic …

The divalent cations of cobalt, zinc, and nickel are essential nutrients for bacteria, required
as trace elements at nanomolar concentrations. However, at micro-or millimolar …

Interactions of toxic metals with fungi have long been of importance since metal toxicity still
is the basis of many fungicidal preparations while in an environmental context, accelerating …

One stress response in cells is the ability to survive in an environment containing excessive
concentrations of metal ions. This paper reviews current knowledge about cellular and …

Metallothioneins (MTs) are cysteine-rich proteins required for heavy metal tolerance in
animals and fungi. Two cDNAs encoding proteins with homology to animal and fungal MTs …

This review has summarized many of the major aspects of metal-regulated gene
transcription in eukaryotic organisms as they are currently understood at the mechanistic …

A full-length cDNA encoding a metallothionein (MT)-like polypeptide, designated GmarMT1,
was identified in an expressed sequence tag collection from germinated spores of the …

Copper ion homeostasis is complicated in that copper is an essential element needed for a
variety of cellular processes but is toxic at excess levels. To identify Candida albicans genes …

Two genes (mtl-1 and mtl-2) that encode the novel metallothioneins (MTs) of Caenorhabditis
elegans (CeMTs) were cloned and characterized. Both genes contain a single intron that …

Bacterial metal lothioneins bind, sequester and buffer excess intracellular zinc. At present,
the vast majority of the available experimental data relate to cyanobacterial metallothionein …