Expression and functional analysis of metal transporter genes in two contrasting ecotypes of the hyperaccumulator Thlaspi caerulescens

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1717-1728

  Plaza, Sonia ^a,b   Tearall, Kathryn L ^a,c   Zhao, Fang Jie ^a   Buchner, Peter ^a   McGrath, Steve P ^a   Hawkesford, Malcolm J ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^c BBSRC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Hyperaccumulation; IRT1; Thlaspi caerulescens; Zinc; ZIP transporters

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; CADMIUM; GROWTH KINETICS; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTEINS; RNA;

HYPERACCUMULATION; THLASPI CAERULESCENS; ZIP TRANSPORTERS;

GENE EXPRESSION;

ARABIDOPSIS; THLASPI; THLASPI CAERULESCENS;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CADMIUM; CARRIER PROTEIN; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEIN; IRON; IRT1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; ZINC;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; GENOME; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; THLASPI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CADMIUM; CARRIER PROTEINS; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GENOME, PLANT; IRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; THLASPI; ZINC;

EID: 34547464246     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erm025     Document Type: Article

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