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To study the effects of cadmium on the activity of Zn-metalloenzymes, fishes have been exposed to different concentrations of that metal. The concentrations of Zn and Cd and the activity of alkaline phosphatase were measured in some tissues. From the results it seems there is no competition between Zn and Cd for the enzymatic sites of the alkaline phosphatase.
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Piavaux, A. L'influence du cadmium sur l'activite de la phosphatase alcaline dans divers tissus de Lepomis gibbosus L. (Pisces; Centrarchidae). Hydrobiologia 55, 251–256 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00017556
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