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The dual benefit of a dominant mutation in Arabidopsis IRON DEFICIENCY TOLERANT1 for iron biofortification and heavy metal phytoremediation.
Plant biotechnology journal - 1 May 2020
Sharma Reena, Yeh Kuo-Chen
Abstract excerpt
One of the goals of biofortification is to generate iron-enriched crops to combat growth and developmental defects especially iron (Fe) deficiency anaemia. Fe-fortification of food is challenging because soluble Fe is unstable and insoluble Fe is nonbioavailable. Genetic engineering is an alternative approach for Fe-biofortification, but so far strategies to increase Fe content have only encompassed a few genes...
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