Roles of plant metal tolerance proteins (MTP) in metal storage and potential use in biofortification strategies

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 4, Issue MAY, 2013, Pages

  Ricachenevsky, Felipe K ^a   Menguer, Paloma K ^a   Sperotto, Raul A ^b   Williams, Lorraine E ^c   Fett, Janette P ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b CENTRO UNIVERSITÁRIO UNIVATES   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biofortification; Iron; Manganese; Metal storage; MTP proteins; Zinc

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900867176     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00144     Document Type: Review

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