**Author details**

Ettiyagounder Parameswari\*, Tamilselvan Ilakiya, Veeraswamy Davamani, Periasami Kalaiselvi and Selvaraj Paul Sebastian Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India

\*Address all correspondence to: parameswariphd@gmail.com

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*Metallothioneins: Diverse Protein Family to Bind Metallic Ions DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.97658*
