Selenium protection against mercury toxicity: high binding affinity of methylmercury by selenium-containing ligands in comparison with sulfur-containing ligands

Selenium: Relation to Decreased Toxicity of Methylmercury Added to Diets Containing Tuna

Howard E. Ganther, C. Goudie, Margaret Sunde et al. · Science · 1972 · 627 citations

Veterinary Medicine, Nutritional Sciences, Toxicology +17

Mercury-Selenium Correlations in Marine Mammals

J.H. Koeman, Wilma H.M. Peeters, C. H. M. KOUDSTAAL-HOL et al. · Nature · 1973 · 426 citations

Pharmacy, Marine Sciences, Toxicology +14

Equine Hepatic and Renal Metallothioneins

Jeremias H.R. Kägi, S. Himmelhoch, P.D. Whanger et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 1974 · 378 citations · Full text

Medicine, Biochemistry, Heavy Metal Toxicology +8

Chemical characterization of the selenoprotein component of clostridial glycine reductase: identification of selenocysteine as the organoselenium moiety.

Joyce E. Cone, J N Davis, Thressa C. Stadtman · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1976 · 307 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology +12

Amino-acid sequence of equine renal metallothionein-1B.

Yutaka Kojima, Christopher L. Berger, Bert L. Vallée et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1976 · 236 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Heavy Metal Toxicology +9