Detoxification and sensing mechanisms are of similar importance for Cd resistance in Caenorhabditis elegans

The present study employed mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) to measure the internal cadmium concentrations (Cdint) in Caenorhabditis elegans to determine Cd uptake from a Cd-containing environment as well as Cd release under Cd-free conditions. To analyze the functional role of several ATP binding cassett...

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Main Authors: Sarah A. Winter, Ramona Dölling, Burkhard Knopf, Martha N. Mendelski, Christoph Schäfers, Rüdiger J. Paul
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-10-01
Series:Heliyon
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844016310520