Metabolites and metals in Metazoa – what role do phytochelatins play in animals?

Characterization and transcription studies of a phytochelatin synthase gene from the solitary tunicate Ciona intestinalis exposed to cadmium

(2014) Nicola Franchi et al.   AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY

Structural Basis for Heavy Metal Detoxification by an Atm1-Type ABC Exporter

(2014) J. Y. Lee et al.   SCIENCE

Metallothioneins May Not Be Enough—The Role of Phytochelatins in Invertebrate Metal Detoxification

(2013) Jacob G. Bundy et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Characterization of the phytochelatin synthase from the human parasitic nematode Ancylostoma ceylanicum

(2013) Coraline Rigouin et al.   MOLECULAR AND BIOCHEMICAL PARASITOLOGY

Assessing Different Mechanisms of Toxicity in Mountaintop Removal/Valley Fill Coal Mining-Affected Watershed Samples Using Caenorhabditis elegans

(2013) Elena A. Turner et al.   PLoS One

Earthworms Produce phytochelatins in Response to Arsenic

(2013) Manuel Liebeke et al.   PLoS One

The Genome of the Ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi and Its Implications for Cell Type Evolution

(2013) J. F. Ryan et al.   SCIENCE

Towards an Understanding of the Function of the Phytochelatin Synthase of Schistosoma mansoni

(2013) Coraline Rigouin et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Draft Genome of the Pearl Oyster Pinctada fucata: A Platform for Understanding Bivalve Biology

(2012) T. Takeuchi et al.   DNA RESEARCH

Biomarker measurements in Trifolium repens and Eisenia fetida to assess the toxicity of soil contaminated with landfill leachate: A microcosm study

(2012) N. Manier et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

Mammalian metallothioneins: properties and functions

(2012) Petr Babula et al.   Metallomics

Insights into bilaterian evolution from three spiralian genomes

(2012) Oleg Simakov et al.   NATURE

Phytochelatin synthase: of a protease a peptide polymerase made

(2012) Philip A. Rea   PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM

Enchytraeus albidus Microarray: Enrichment, Design, Annotation and Database (EnchyBASE)

(2012) Sara C. Novais et al.   PLoS One

Role of MTL-1, MTL-2, and CDR-1 in Mediating CadmiumSensitivity in Caenorhabditis elegans

(2012) Julie Hall et al.   TOXICOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Long-distance transport, vacuolar sequestration, tolerance, and transcriptional responses induced by cadmium and arsenic

(2011) David G Mendoza-Cózatl et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

Micro-evolution of toxicant tolerance: from single genes to the genome’s tangled bank

(2011) Nico M. van Straalen et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY

Mechanism of Silver Nanoparticle Toxicity Is Dependent on Dissolved Silver and Surface Coating in Caenorhabditis elegans

(2011) Xinyu Yang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Nematode and snail metallothioneins

(2011) Martina Höckner et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Chemistry and biology of mammalian metallothioneins

(2011) Milan Vašák et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

The “magic numbers” of metallothionein

(2011) Duncan E. K. Sutherland et al.   Metallomics

Nematode.net update 2011: addition of data sets and tools featuring next-generation sequencing data

(2011) J. Martin et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Higher-level metazoan relationships: recent progress and remaining questions

(2011) Gregory D. Edgecombe et al.   ORGANISMS DIVERSITY & EVOLUTION

The phytochelatin transporters AtABCC1 and AtABCC2 mediate tolerance to cadmium and mercury

(2011) Jiyoung Park et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Gene expression analysis of 4 biomarker candidates in Eisenia fetida exposed to an environmental metallic trace elements gradient: A microcosm study

(2011) Franck Brulle et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

How Many Species Are There on Earth and in the Ocean?

(2011) Camilo Mora et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Characterization of the Phytochelatin Synthase of Schistosoma mansoni

(2011) Debalina Ray et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Gene Expression Patterns in Larval Schistosoma mansoni Associated with Infection of the Mammalian Host

(2011) Sophia J. Parker-Manuel et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Metallic trace element body burdens and gene expression analysis of biomarker candidates in Eisenia fetida, using an “exposure/depuration” experimental scheme with field soils

(2010) Fabien Bernard et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

CiMT-1, an unusual chordate metallothionein gene in Ciona intestinalis genome: structure and expression studies

(2010) Nicola Franchi et al.   Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A-Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Detoxification of Multiple Heavy Metals by a Half-Molecule ABC Transporter, HMT-1, and Coelomocytes of Caenorhabditis elegans

(2010) Marc S. Schwartz et al.   PLoS One

Arsenic tolerance in Arabidopsis is mediated by two ABCC-type phytochelatin transporters

(2010) W.-Y. Song et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Phytochelatins: Peptides Involved in Heavy Metal Detoxification

(2009) Rama Pal et al.   APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

The Metabolomic Responses ofCaenorhabditis elegansto Cadmium Are Largely Independent of Metallothionein Status, but Dominated by Changes in Cystathionine and Phytochelatins

(2009) Samantha L. Hughes et al.   JOURNAL OF PROTEOME RESEARCH

Multi-tasking phytochelatin synthases

(2009) Stephan Clemens et al.   PLANT SCIENCE

Thermodynamics of Cd2+ and Zn2+ binding by the phytochelatin (γ-Glu-Cys)4-Gly and its precursor glutathione

(2008) Elena Chekmeneva et al.   ANALYTICAL BIOCHEMISTRY

cDNA cloning and expression analysis of Eisenia fetida (Annelida: Oligochaeta) phytochelatin synthase under cadmium exposure

(2008) Franck Brulle et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

Comparative Transcriptomic Responses to Chronic Cadmium, Fluoranthene, and Atrazine Exposure in Lumbricus rubellus

(2008) C. Svendsen et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

DrosophilaABC Transporter, DmHMT-1, Confers Tolerance to Cadmium

(2008) Thanwalee Sooksa-nguan et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

The amphioxus genome and the evolution of the chordate karyotype

(2008) Nicholas H. Putnam et al.   NATURE

Phytochelatin Synthesis Is Essential for the Detoxification of Excess Zinc and Contributes Significantly to the Accumulation of Zinc

(2008) P. Tennstedt et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY