Metallothionein: Proceedings of the »First International Meeting on Metallothionein and Other Low Molecular Weight Metal-binding Proteins« Zürich, July 17–22, 1978

Front Matter....Pages 1-15
Front Matter....Pages 17-17
Metallothionein: Historical Review and Perspectives....Pages 19-40
Metallothionein and Other Low Molecular Weight Metal-Binding Proteins....Pages 41-124
Metallothionein: Queries and Conjectures....Pages 125-135
Front Matter....Pages 137-137
Nomenclature of Metallothionein: A Proposal....Pages 141-142
Amino Acid Sequence of Human Hepatic Metallothioneins....Pages 145-151
The Amino Acid Sequence of Equine Metallothioneins....Pages 153-161
Rabbit Liver Metallothionein. Tentative Amino Acid Sequence of Metallothionein-B....Pages 163-168
Primary Structure of Mouse Liver Metallothionein -I and -II....Pages 169-172
Amino-Acid Sequence of Copper-Metallothionein from Neurospora Crassa ....Pages 173-179
The Amino-Terminal Sequence of a Rat Liver Metallothionein (MT-2)....Pages 181-185
Characterization of Cadmium-Induced Metallothionein in African Green Monkey Kidney Cells In Vitro ....Pages 187-196
Physiological and Chemical Characterization of Invertebrate Metallothionein-Like Proteins....Pages 197-204
Determination of the Charge of Horse Kidney Metallothionein by Free Boundary Electrophoresis....Pages 207-210
Spectroscopic Properties of Zinc-Metallothionein....Pages 211-220
Copper-Thionein and Other Metal-Sulphur-Proteins....Pages 221-230
Structural Aspects and Reduction Oxidation Reactions of Metallothionein....Pages 231-240
The 1 H N.M.R. Spectra of Metallothioneins....Pages 241-248
Structural Characterization of Metallothionein by Multinuclear NMR....Pages 249-257
 In Vivo and Ex Vivo Induction of Rat Liver Metallothionein....Pages 261-271
Factors Influencing the Occurrence of Copper-Thioneins in Tissues....Pages 273-280
Front Matter....Pages 137-137
Nutritional and Environmental Factors Affecting Metallothionein Levels....Pages 281-291
Synthesis and Degradation of Liver Metallothionein....Pages 293-301
Partial Purification and Translation in Vitro of Metallothionein Messenger RNA....Pages 303-310
Functions of Hepatic and Renal Metallothioneins in the Control of the Metabolism of Cadmium and Certain other Bivalent Cations....Pages 313-320
Metallothionein in Intestinal Copper Metabolism....Pages 321-329
The Low Molecular Weight Cadmium-, Mercury- and Zinc-Binding Proteins (Metallothioneins): Biosynthesis, Metabolism, and Possible Role in Metal Toxicity....Pages 331-336
Metabolism and Potential Toxic Effects of Metallothionein....Pages 337-345
Renal Effects of Mercury- and Cadmium-Metallothionein....Pages 347-350
Low Molecular Weight Copper-Binding Proteins in Cultured Human Cells....Pages 353-361
Renal Metal Binding Proteins....Pages 363-371
Back Matter....Pages 373-378