Full characterization of the Cu-, Zn-, and Cd-binding properties of CnMT1 and CnMT2, two metallothioneins of the pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans acting as virulence factors.

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• Publication year

  2014

• Venue

  Metallomics

• Publication date

  2014-01-30

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Chemistry, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1039/c3mt00266gPMID 24317230PMCID PMC4158276
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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