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SUBMITTER: Macomber L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4130172 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Macomber Lee L Hausinger Robert P RP
Metallomics : integrated biometal science 20110728 11
Nickel has long been known to be an important human toxicant, including having the ability to form carcinomas, but until recently nickel was believed to be an issue only to microorganisms living in nickel-rich serpentine soils or areas contaminated by industrial pollution. This assumption was overturned by the discovery of a nickel defense system (RcnR/RcnA) found in microorganisms that live in a wide range of environmental niches, suggesting that nickel homeostasis is a general biological conce ...[more]