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metallothionein

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metallothionein [mə‚tal·ō′thī·ə‚nēn]
(biochemistry)
A group of vertebrate and invertebrate proteins that bind heavy metals; it may be involved in zinc homeostasis and resistance to heavy-metal toxicity.
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