Dysregulation of transition metal ion homeostasis is the molecular basis for cadmium toxicity in Streptococcus pneumoniae.
Begg, S.L., Eijkelkamp, B.A., Luo, Z., Counago, R.M., Morey, J.R., Maher, M.J., Ong, C.L., McEwan, A.G., Kobe, B., O'Mara, M.L., Paton, J.C., McDevitt, C.A.(2015) Nat Commun 6: 6418-6418
- PubMed: 25731976 
- DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7418
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4UTO, 4UTP - PubMed Abstract: 
Cadmium is a transition metal ion that is highly toxic in biological systems. Although relatively rare in the Earth's crust, anthropogenic release of cadmium since industrialization has increased biogeochemical cycling and the abundance of the ion in the biosphere ...