Genes Controlling Transport of Environmental Metals

Culotta, Valeria C.

Abstract

Funding Agency

• Agency: National Institute of Health (NIH)
• Institute: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
• Type: First Independent Research Support & Transition (FIRST) Awards (R29)
• Project #: 5R29ES005794-05
• Application #: 2154680
• Study Section: Metallobiochemistry Study Section (BMT)
• Project Start: 1992-09-01
• Project End: 1997-08-31
• Budget Start: 1996-09-01
• Budget End: 1997-08-31
• Support Year: 5
• Fiscal Year: 1996

Institution

• Name: Johns Hopkins University
• Department: Public Health & Prev Medicine
• Type: Schools of Public Health
• DUNS #: 045911138
• City: Baltimore
• State: MD
• Country: United States
• Zip Code: 21218

Publications

Jensen, L T; Howard, W R; Strain, J J et al. (1996) Enhanced effectiveness of copper ion buffering by CUP1 metallothionein compared with CRS5 metallothionein in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Biol Chem 271:18514-9

Culotta, V C; Joh, H D; Lin, S J et al. (1995) A physiological role for Saccharomyces cerevisiae copper/zinc superoxide dismutase in copper buffering. J Biol Chem 270:29991-7

Liu, X F; Culotta, V C (1994) The requirement for yeast superoxide dismutase is bypassed through mutations in BSD2, a novel metal homeostasis gene. Mol Cell Biol 14:7037-45

Culotta, V C; Howard, W R; Liu, X F (1994) CRS5 encodes a metallothionein-like protein in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Biol Chem 269:25295-302