Transgenic tobacco plants overexpressing pyruvate phosphate dikinase increase exudation of organic acids and decrease accumulation of aluminum in the roots

Plant and Soil

Volumn 326, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 187-198

  Trejo Tellez L I ^a,b   Stenzel, R ^a   Gomez Merino F C ^b   Schmitt, J M ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Colegio de Postgraduados en Ciencias Agrícolas ^*  (Mexico)

Author keywords

Aluminum tolerance; C3 plants; Citrate; Malate; Root growth

Indexed keywords

ACID SOIL; ALUMINUM; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BIOACCUMULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ORGANIC ACID; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; ROOT SYSTEM; SEEDLING; TOBACCO; TOXICITY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

EMBRYOPHYTA; MESEMBRYANTHEMUM; MESEMBRYANTHEMUM CRYSTALLINUM; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 72149098560     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-009-9994-0     Document Type: Article

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