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Transporters of arsenite in rice and their role in arsenic accumulation in rice grain.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 22 Jul 2008
Ma Jian Feng, Yamaji Naoki, Mitani Namiki, Xu Xiao-Yan, Su Yu-Hong, McGrath Steve P, Zhao Fang-Jie
Abstract excerpt
Arsenic poisoning affects millions of people worldwide. Human arsenic intake from rice consumption can be substantial because rice is particularly efficient in assimilating arsenic from paddy soils, although the mechanism has not been elucidated. Here we report that two different types of transporters mediate transport of arsenite, the predominant form of arsenic in paddy soil, from the external medium to the...
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