The phytochelatin transporters AtABCC1 and AtABCC2 mediate tolerance to cadmium and mercury

Plant Journal

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 278-288

  Park, Jiyoung ^a   Song, Won Yong ^a   Ko, Donghwi ^a   Eom, Yujin ^b   Hansen, Thomas H ^c   Schiller, Michaela ^c   Lee, Tai Gyu ^b   Martinoia, Enrico ^a,d   Lee, Youngsook ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

ABC transporter; heavy metal detoxification; heavy metal tolerance; phytochelatin transporter; phytoremediation; vacuolar sequestration

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; HEAVY METAL DETOXIFICATION; HEAVY METAL TOLERANCE; PHYTOCHELATIN TRANSPORTER; PHYTOREMEDIATION; VACUOLAR SEQUESTRATION;

ARSENIC; BIOREMEDIATION; DETOXIFICATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HEAVY METALS; MERCURY (METAL); METALS; PLANTS (BOTANY); YEAST;

CADMIUM;

ABC TRANSPORTER; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CADMIUM; MERCURY; MRP1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; MRP2 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; PHYTOCHELATIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CELL VACUOLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; PROTOPLAST; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEEDLING; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CADMIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; MERCURY; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYTOCHELATINS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTOPLASTS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEEDLING; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; VACUOLES;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 84855681112     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2011.04789.x     Document Type: Article

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