Variation in HMA4 gene copy number and expression among Noccaea caerulescens populations presenting different levels of Cd tolerance and accumulation

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 4179-4189

  Craciun, Adrian R ^a,c   Meyer, Claire Lise ^a   Chen, Jiugeng ^a   Roosens, Nancy ^a,d   De Groodt, Ruth ^b   Hilson, Pierre ^b   Verbruggen, Nathalie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c Scientific Institute of Public Health ^*

^d SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Gene duplication; HMA4; Hyperaccumulation; Noccaea caerulescens; Translocation

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; CADMIUM; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; THLASPI;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; CADMIUM; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; PLANT PROTEINS; THLASPI;

NOCCAEA CAERULESCENS; THLASPI CAERULESCENS;

EID: 84866636167     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ers104     Document Type: Article

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