Metallothionein deficiency impacts copper accumulation and redistribution in leaves and seeds of Arabidopsis

New Phytologist

Volumn 202, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 940-951

  R Benatti, Matheus ^a   Yookongkaew, Nimnara ^a   Meetam, Metha ^a   Guo, Woei Jiun ^a   Punyasuk, Napassorn ^a   Abuqamar, Synan ^a   Goldsbrough, Peter ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accumulation; Arabidopsis; Copper; Homeostasis; Metallothionein; Seed; Senescence

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; HEAVY METAL; HERB; HOMEOSTASIS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; LEAF; LIFE CYCLE; MUTATION; PROTEIN; REMOBILIZATION; SEED; SENESCENCE; STABLE ISOTOPE; WILD POPULATION;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; BACTERIAL DNA; CHLOROPHYLL; COPPER; MESSENGER RNA; METALLOTHIONEIN; T-DNA;

ALLELE; ARABIDOPSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DEFICIENCY; DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; REPRODUCTION; SEEDLING;

ALLELES; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CHLOROPHYLL; COPPER; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; METALLOTHIONEIN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LEAVES; REPRODUCTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEEDLING; SEEDS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84898009634     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12718     Document Type: Article

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