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Genome-wide approach in Arabidopsis thaliana to assess the toxicity of cadmium sulfide quantum dots.
Environmental science & technology - 20 May 2014
Marmiroli M, Pagano L, Savo Sardaro M L, Villani M, Marmiroli N
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Cadmium sulfide quantum dots (CdS QDs) are used in the manufacture of a number of electronics products. Their small size allows their ready entry into living cells, but as yet no attempt has been made to assess their toxicity. Our aim was to exploit two Ds transposition-induced mutant lines of Arabidopsis thaliana which tolerated exposure to CdS QDs to identify the genetic basis of their tolerance. Both a...
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