Abstract: AbstractCadmium (Cd) is a toxic metal with a long half‐life in biological systems. This half‐life is partly as a result of metallothioneins (MTs), metal‐binding proteins with a high affinity for Cd. The high retention properties of the kidneys reside in proximal tubular cells that possess transport mechanisms for Cd‐MT uptake, ultimately leading to more Cd accumulation. Researchers have studied MT–metal interactions using various techniques including quantitative real‐time PCR (qPCR), an efficient tool for quantifying gene expressio...
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Molecular biology
Cell biology