Genome-wide Association Mapping Identifies a New Arsenate Reductase Enzyme Critical for Limiting Arsenic Accumulation in Plants

PLoS Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Chao, Dai Yin ^a,b   Chen, Yi ^c   Chen, Jiugeng ^a   Shi, Shulin ^d   Chen, Ziru ^a,e   Wang, Chengcheng ^d   Danku, John M ^b   Zhao, Fang Jie ^c,d   Salt, David E ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENATE REDUCTASE; ARSENIC; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; PROTEIN HAC1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; HAC1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ARC2 GENE; ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; EPISTASIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE INTERACTION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HAC1 GENE; NONHUMAN; PERICYCLE; PLANT EPIDERMIS; PLANT ROOT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHOOT; VALIDATION STUDY; XYLEM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE LOCUS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PLANT GENE; PLANT LEAF; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; ARSENATE REDUCTASES; ARSENIC; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC LOCI; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN;

EID: 84923326780     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002009     Document Type: Article

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