Re: CCL:Biological relevance of aluminium

[Ulrike Salzner <salzner %! at !% gunser.fen.bilkent.edu.tr>]

 There was a paper about the involvement of Al3+ in Alzheimer's desease
 some time ago in Accounts of Chemical Research. I could not find the
 reference quickly, but I am sure it is no more than 5 years old. Take a look.
 Uli Salzner
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 On Wed, 24 Feb 1999, chaudash %! at !% aston.ac.uk wrote:
 > Hello ccl'ers,
 > A while back I wrote asking if anyone knew of any biological
 > role for aluminium. To my knowledge there is no known relevance of
 > this metal in biological sytems.  However I did receive a reply,
 > where someone mentioned that aluminium plays a part in alcohol
 > dehydrogenase.  I have looked extensively to find out more to no
 > avail.  I would be most grateful for any input.
 > Many thanks for your time
 >
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