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Lead binding to delta-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase (ALAD) in human erythrocytes.
Pharmacology & toxicology - 1 Oct 1997
Bergdahl I A, Grubb A, Schütz A, Desnick R J, Wetmur J G, Sassa S, Skerfving S
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Over 99% of the lead present in blood is usually found in erythrocytes. To investigate the nature of this selective accumulation of lead in erythrocytes, the specific binding of lead to proteins in human erythrocytes was studied using liquid chromatography coupled to inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LC-ICP-MS). The principal lead-binding protein had a mass of approximately 240 kDa, and adsorption to...
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