MIPs and Their Role in the Exchange of Metalloids
This book is dedicated to the metalloids, a recently discovered group of substrates for a number of specific MIPs in a diverse spectrum of organisms. Particular focus is given to the essential boron, the beneficial silicon and the highly toxic arsenic. The respective MIP isoforms that facilitate the...
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| Format: | Electronic |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Springer New York,
2010.
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| Series: | Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology,
679 |
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| Online Access: | https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6315-4 |
| Summary: | This book is dedicated to the metalloids, a recently discovered group of substrates for a number of specific MIPs in a diverse spectrum of organisms. Particular focus is given to the essential boron, the beneficial silicon and the highly toxic arsenic. The respective MIP isoforms that facilitate the transport of these metalloids include members from several clades of the phylogenetic tree, suggesting that metalloid transport is an ancient function within this family of channel proteins. |
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| Physical Description: | XVI, 146p. 36 illus., 16 illus. in color. online resource. |
| ISBN: | 9781441963154 |
| ISSN: | 0065-2598 ; |