Cadmium, like many heavy metals, is non-essential and toxic to all organisms. A new study shows that yeast exposed to cadmium cleverly reprogram the transcriptome and proteome to protect themselves from its toxic effects.
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Jamieson, D. Saving sulfur. Nat Genet 31, 228–230 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/ng0702-228
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