Biology capitalizes on the specific chemistries of certain transition metal ions. In fact, life
depends on transition metal ions as essential trace elements. Biological redox processes …

The threat of heavy metal pollution to public health and wildlife has led to an increased
interest in developing systems that can remove or neutralise its toxic effects in soil …

The transition or d-block metal ions manganese, iron, cobalt, nickel, copper, zinc and to a
more specialized degree molybdenum, tungsten, and vanadium have been shown to be …

The opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa produces a variety of virulence
factors, and biofilms of this bacterium are much more resistant to antibiotics than planktonic …

Copper (Cu) is an essential trace element for all living organisms and used as cofactor in
key enzymes of important biological processes, such as aerobic respiration or superoxide …

More than 30 years have passed since the discovery of the first plant metallothionein in
wheat embryos, from which the emergence of a uniquely diverse metallothionein family with …

A low molecular weight (6–7 kDa) class of metalloproteins, designated as metallothioneins
(MTs), exhibit repeated sequence motifs of either CxC or CxxC through which mono or …

In the world of chemistry and mineralogy, the mutual affinity of zinc and sulfur is well-
recognized. The earliest detected modes of zinc coordination in biology were different …

The genome of Pseudomonas putida KT2440 encodes an unexpected capacity to tolerate
heavy metals and metalloids. The availability of the complete chromosomal sequence …

High–spatial-resolution secondary ion microprobe spectrometry, synchrotron radiation–
based Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, and polyacrylamide gel analysis …