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Phytochelatin-metal(loid) transport into vacuoles shows different substrate preferences in barley and Arabidopsis.
Plant, cell & environment - 1 May 2014
Song Won-Yong, Mendoza-Cózatl David G, Lee Youngsook, Schroeder Julian I, Ahn Sang-Nag, Lee Hyun-Sook, Wicker Thomas, Martinoia Enrico
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Cadmium (Cd) and arsenic (As) are toxic to all living organisms, including plants and humans. In plants, Cd and As are detoxified by phytochelatins (PCs) and metal(loid)-chelating peptides and by sequestering PC-metal(loid) complexes in vacuoles. Consistent differences have been observed between...
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