Researchers identify proteins in mussels that act as a barrier to chemicals
Monday, October 13, 2008 - 05:21
in Biology & Nature
Researchers have for the first time identified complete gene sequences and function of two proteins in mussels that play a key defensive role against environmental toxicants. These proteins form part of an active, physiological barrier in mussel gills that protects them against environmental toxicants, researchers from the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) in Germany and Stanford University in California report in the American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology...
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