Many metals are essential for living organisms, but at higher doses they may be toxic and
carcinogenic. Metal exposure occurs mainly in occupational settings and environmental …

Zinc fingers can be loosely defined as protein domains containing one or more tetrahedrally-
co-ordinated zinc ions whose role is to stabilise the structure rather than to be involved in …

Cationic substitution strategy was recognized as an effective approach to create a defective
structure and increase the oxygen vacancies in the crystal structure for improving the …

Metal ions are essential elements present in biological systems able to facilitate many
cellular processes including proliferation, signaling, DNA synthesis and repair. Zinc ion (Zn …

DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) are functionally linked to genomic instability in
spermatocytes and to male infertility. The heavy metal cadmium (Cd) is known to induce …

Cadmium is a toxic pollutant that in recent decades has become more widespread in the
environment due to anthropogenic activities, significantly increasing the risk of exposure …

Classical zinc finger (ZF) domains were thought to be confined to the eukaryotic kingdom
until the transcriptional regulator Ros protein was identified in Agrobacterium tumefaciens …

Abstract Background Salix matsudana Koidz. is a fast growing tree species. It has a high
cadmium (Cd) tolerance capacity, making it potentially suitable for phytoremediation …

Conspectus Zinc finger (ZF) proteins are a large family of metalloproteins that utilize zinc for
structural purposes. Zinc coordinates to a combination of cysteine thiol and histidine …

Acinetobacter species are ubiquitous Gram-negative bacteria that can be found in water, in
soil, and as commensals of the human skin. The successful inhabitation of Acinetobacter …