Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.311720449);the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China(No.2012AA10A401);the Scientific Research Foundation for the Excellent Middle-Aged and Youth Scientists of Shandong Province of China(No.BS2010SW039)
Metallothioneins (MTs) are a group of low molecular weight cysteine-rich proteins capable of binding heavy metal ions. A cadmium metallothionein (EcMT-Cd) cDNA with a 189 bp open reading frame (ORF) that encoded...