Cellular transport and homeostasis of essential and nonessential metals | Zendy

Ebany J. MartinezFinley | Zendy; Sudipta Chakraborty | Zendy; Stephanie J.B. Fretham | Zendy; Michael Aschner | Zendy

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Cellular transport and homeostasis of essential and nonessential metals

Author(s) -

Ebany J. MartinezFinley,

Sudipta Chakraborty,

Stephanie J.B. Fretham,

Michael Aschner

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

metallomics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.012

H-Index - 75

eISSN - 1756-591X

pISSN - 1756-5901

DOI - 10.1039/c2mt00185c

Subject(s) - homeostasis , organelle , chemistry , heavy metals , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , environmental chemistry

Metals can have a number of detrimental or beneficial effects in the cell, but first they must get in. Organisms have evolved transport mechanisms to get metals that are required, or essential into the cell. Nonessential metals often enter the cell through use of the machinery provided for essential metals. Much work has been done to advance our understanding of how these metals are transported across plasma and organelle membranes. This review provides an overview of essential and nonessential metal transport and homeostatic processes.

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