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Functional analysis of the three HMA4 copies of the metal hyperaccumulator Arabidopsis halleri.
Journal of experimental botany - 1 Sept 2015
Nouet Cécile, Charlier Jean-Benoit, Carnol Monique, Bosman Bernard, Farnir Frédéric, Motte Patrick, Hanikenne Marc
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In Arabidopsis halleri, the HMA4 gene has an essential function in Zn/Cd hypertolerance and hyperaccumulation by mediating root-to-shoot translocation of metals. Constitutive high expression of AhHMA4 results from a tandem triplication and cis-activation of the promoter of all three copies. The three AhHMA4 copies possess divergent promoter sequences, but highly conserved coding sequences, and display identical...
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