Copper is an essential trace element that is vital to the health of all living things (plants, animals and microorganisms). In humans, copper is essential...

of copper in biology are I and II since Cu3+ is too powerful to exist in biochemical systems. Furthermore, copper(I) exists as a strong complex in aqueous...

Ceruloplasmin: The copper transport protein with essential oxidase activity. Advances in Enzymology – and Related Areas of Molecular Biology. Vol. 44. pp. 187–236...

Martin, Hubert (1933). "Uses of Copper Compounds: Copper Sulfate's Role in Agriculture". Annals of Applied Biology. 20 (2): 342–363. doi:10.1111/j.1744-7348...

Copper toxicity (or Copperiedus) is a type of metal poisoning caused by an excess of copper in the body. Copperiedus could occur from consuming excess...

strong affinity for copper(II) and was first isolated from human plasma. It can be found also in saliva and urine. Several copper(II)-peptide complexes...

Copper fist is an N-terminal domain involved in copper-dependent DNA binding. It is named for its resemblance to a fist closed around a penny. Functionally...

disorder Potassium in biology – Use of Potassium by organisms Selenium in biology – Use of Selenium by organisms Sodium in biology – Use of Sodium by...

Structural biology, as defined by the Journal of Structural Biology, deals with structural analysis of living material (formed, composed of, and/or maintained...

chemist Justus von Liebig in the mid-19th century. In 1867, Traube developed the Traube cell from copper ferrocyanide, in order to study the properties...

In biology, homeostasis (British also homoeostasis; /hɒmioʊˈsteɪsɪs, -miə-/) is the state of steady internal physical and chemical conditions maintained...

Thomas von Sömmerring. The copper pheasant was described in 1893 by Temmerick as Syrmaticus soemmerringi. Five subspecies of Copper pheasant are generally...

of copper long before the concept of microbes became understood in the nineteenth century.[unreliable medical source?] In addition to several copper medicinal...

be made manually in small quantities, with reduced benefits. PCBs can be single-sided (one copper layer), double-sided (two copper layers on both sides...

uptake of copper, producing copper deficiency. Molybdenum prevents plasma proteins from binding to copper, and it also increases the amount of copper that...

electric impulses Calcium in biology – Use of calcium by organisms Iodine in biology – Use of Iodine by organisms Magnesium in biology – Use of Magnesium by...

contain the metal in the form of a copper-based chloride biomineral, known as atacamite, in crystalline form. It is theorized that this copper is used as a...

Copper proteins are proteins that contain one or more copper ions as prosthetic groups. Copper proteins are found in all forms of air-breathing life. These...

The copper shark (Carcharhinus brachyurus), bronze whaler, or narrowtooth shark is a species of requiem shark found mostly in temperate latitudes. It...

Chemical biology is a scientific discipline between the fields of chemistry and biology. The discipline involves the application of chemical techniques...

periods, and diets deficient in iodine can present serious consequences for growth and metabolism. In vertebrate biology, iodine's primary function is...

metalloproteins contain two copper atoms that reversibly bind a single oxygen molecule (O2). They are second only to hemoglobin in frequency of use as an oxygen...

Dittapongpitch, V. (1991), "Copper- and streptomycin-resistant strains and host differentiated races of Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria in North Carolina"...

(also called copper arsenite or acidic copper arsenite), CuHAsO 3. It is chemically related to Paris Green. Scheele's Green was invented in 1775 by Carl...

Look up Copper or copper in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Copper is a chemical element with symbol Cu and atomic number 29. Copper or The Copper may also...

in Biology and Medicine: Vol. 10., John Libbey Eurotext, Paris, 2008; Antimicrobial regulatory efficiency testing of solid copper alloy surfaces in the...

translations of Greek phrases. Assertions, such as those by Bryan A. Garner in Garner's Modern English Usage, that "eg" and "ie" style versus "e.g." and...

metals normally present, in small but important and measurable amounts, in biology, biochemistry, and medicine. The metals copper, zinc, iron, and manganese...

"Determination and analysis of the 2 A-structure of copper, zinc superoxide dismutase". Journal of Molecular Biology. 160 (2): 181–217. doi:10.1016/0022-2836(82)90174-7...

which can, in turn, generate free radicals capable of damaging structural proteins and DNA. Certain metal ions found in the body, such as copper and iron...