Uptake, translocation and transformation of arsenate and arsenite in sunflower (Helianthus annuus): Formation of arsenic-phytochelatin complexes during exposure to high arsenic concentrations

New Phytologist

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 551-558

  Raab, Andrea ^a   Schat, Henk ^b   Meharg, Andrew A ^a   Feldmann, Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Arsenic speciation; Arsenic phytochelatin (As PC) complex; Helianthus annuus (sunflower); Phytochelatin

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; ARSENATE; ARSENITE; CHELATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ROOT SYSTEM; TRANSFORMATION; TRANSLOCATION;

HELIANTHUS; HELIANTHUS ANNUUS;

ARSENIC; ARSENIC ACID; ARSENIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; ARSENOUS ACID DERIVATIVE; PHYTOALEXINS; PLANT EXTRACT; TERPENE;

ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; KINETICS; METABOLISM; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; SUNFLOWER; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ARSENATES; ARSENIC; ARSENITES; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BIOTRANSFORMATION; HELIANTHUS; KINETICS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT STEMS; TERPENES;

EID: 33645857990     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2005.01519.x     Document Type: Article

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