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Caesium accumulation in yeast and plants is selectively repressed by loss of the SNARE Sec22p/SEC22.
Nature communications - 1 Jan 2013
Dräxl Stephan, Müller Johannes, Li Wei B, Michalke Bernhard, Scherb Hagen, Hense Burkhard A, Tschiersch Jochen, Kanter Ulrike, Schäffner Anton R
Abstract excerpt
The non-essential cation caesium (Cs(+)) is assimilated by all organisms. Thus, anthropogenically released radiocaesium is of concern to agriculture. Cs(+) accumulates owing to its chemical similarity to the potassium ion (K(+)). The apparent lack of a Cs(+)-specific uptake mechanism has obstructed attempts to manipulate Cs(+) accumulation without causing pleiotropic effects. Here we show that the SNARE protein...
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