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Mutants impaired in vacuolar metal mobilization identify chloroplasts as a target for cadmium hypersensitivity in Arabidopsis thaliana.
Plant, cell & environment - 1 Apr 2013
Molins Hélène, Michelet Laure, Lanquar Viviane, Agorio Astrid, Giraudat Jérôme, Roach Thomas, Krieger-Liszkay Anja, Thomine Sébastien
Abstract excerpt
Cadmium (Cd) is highly toxic to plants causing growth reduction and chlorosis. It binds thiols and competes with essential transition metals. It affects major biochemical processes such as photosynthesis and the redox balance, but the connection between cadmium effects at the biochemical level and its deleterious effect on growth has seldom been established. In this study, two Cd hypersensitive mutants, cad1-3...
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