| metalloid |
of or being a nonmetallic element that has some of the properties of metal; "arsenic is a metalloid element"
Ãâó: wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
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| metallophobia |
The English suffix -phobia is technically used to describe irrational, disabling fear as a mental disorder, and commonly misused to describe hatred of a particular thing or subject. Everyday language has misused the use of this suffix as a mild or irrational fear with no serious substance; however, its origin is from areas of psychiatry which study serious phobias which disable a person's life. ...
Ãâó: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metallophobia
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| metallothionein |
A protective protein that binds heavy metals such as cadmium and lead.
Ãâó: www.fao.org/docrep/003/X3910E/X3910E16.htm
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| metalloprotein |
A protein that contains a metal ion (or ions; such as Fe 2+ , Cu 2+ or Zn 2+ ) as a prosthetic group, which is coordinated by amino-acid side chains.
Ãâó: www.nature.com/nrm/journal/v6/n2/glossary/nrm1569_...
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| metallothionein |
A small Cys-rich protein that binds metal ions ?in particular, Zn2+ and/or Cu2+ ?at least in part, through complex formation with cysteine thiolate.
Ãâó: www.nature.com/nrm/journal/v6/n2/glossary/nrm1569_...
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