How plants cope with cadmium: staking all on metabolism and gene expression

G DalCorso, S Farinati, S Maistri… - Journal of integrative …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Environmental pollution is one of the major problems for human health. Toxic heavy metals
are normally present as soil constituents or can also be spread out in the environment by …

[HTML][HTML] Roles of plant metal tolerance proteins (MTP) in metal storage and potential use in biofortification strategies

FK Ricachenevsky, PK Menguer, RA Sperotto… - Frontiers in plant …, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Zinc (Zn) is an essential micronutrient for plants, playing catalytic or structural roles in
enzymes, transcription factors, ribosomes, and membranes. In humans, Zn deficiency is the …

Molecular mechanisms of heavy metal hyperaccumulation and phytoremediation

X Yang, Y Feng, Z He, PJ Stoffella - Journal of trace elements in medicine …, 2005 - Elsevier
A relatively small group of hyperaccumulator plants is capable of sequestering heavy metals
in their shoot tissues at high concentrations. In recent years, major scientific progress has …

Cellular mechanisms for heavy metal detoxification and tolerance

JL Hall - Journal of experimental botany, 2002 - academic.oup.com
Heavy metals such as Cu and Zn are essential for normal plant growth, although elevated
concentrations of both essential and non‐essential metals can result in growth inhibition and …

Heavy metal signalling in plants: linking cellular and organismic responses

A Polle, A Schützendübel - Plant responses to abiotic stress, 2003 - Springer
Heavy metals are required in plants as essential micronutrients or act as toxic compounds.
How do plants perceive heavy metals and which signalling cascades are triggered leading …