Imaging metals within cells: Identifying the proteins that bind
Monday, September 10, 2012 - 08:30
in Physics & Chemistry
(Phys.org)—Metals such as copper, zinc, and iron are important nutrients to all life. The special properties of these elements that make them so useful in technologies including batteries and catalysts – for example, having multiple stable oxidations states under ambient conditions – also make them useful to living organisms.