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Investigating the contribution of the phosphate transport pathway to arsenic accumulation in rice.
Plant physiology - 1 Sept 2011
Wu Zhongchang, Ren Hongyan, McGrath Steve P, Wu Ping, Zhao Fang-Jie
Abstract excerpt
Arsenic (As) accumulation in rice (Oryza sativa) may pose a significant health risk to consumers. Plants take up different As species using various pathways. Here, we investigated the contribution of the phosphate (Pi) transport pathway to As accumulation in rice grown hydroponically or under flooded soil conditions. In hydroponic experiments, a rice mutant defective in OsPHF1 (for phosphate transporter traffic...
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