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Copper-sensitive mutant of Arabidopsis thaliana.
Plant physiology - 1 Nov 1995
van Vliet C, Anderson C R, Cobbett C S
Abstract excerpt
A Cu-sensitive mutant, cup1-1, of Arabidopsis thaliana has a pattern of heavy-metal sensitivity different from that of the cad1 and cad2 mutants, which are deficient in phytochelatin biosynthesis. The latter are significantly sensitive to Cd and Hg and only slightly sensitive to Cu, whereas the cup1-1 mutant is significantly sensitive to Cu, slightly sensitive to Cd, and not more sensitive to Hg, compared to the...
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