...Theanuga Chandrapalan; Raymond W. M. Kwong ABSTRACT Trace metals such as iron, copper, zinc and manganese play essential roles in various biological processes in fish, including development, energy metabolism and immune response. At embryonic stages, fish obtain essential metals primarily from...

...Lucia Bettedi; Mohamad F. Aslam; Joanna Szular; Konstantinos Mandilaras; Fanis Missirlis Malvolio ( Mvl ) encodes the sole Drosophila melanogaster homologue of divalent metal transporter-1 (DMT1). The Drosophila transporter has been implicated in iron, manganese and copper cellular import. Indeed...

... administered manganese can act as an effective MRI contrast agent for quick and non-invasive imaging of the nervous system and other complex anatomical structures in a small aquatic animal. Due to the tendency of manganese ions to differentially accumulate in most soft tissues, higher overall signal intensity...

...-9100, USA. ‡ Author for correspondence (e-mail: [email protected] ). ©The Company of Biologists Limited 1997 metal ions transport homeostasis manganese mycobacteria yeast brain Mineral nutrients are continuously cycled through organisms and their environment, yet...