Iron (Fe) from rice grains is an important source of dietary intake; however, the molecular
mechanisms responsible for loading of Fe to the grains are poorly understood. We …

Rice, a staple food for more than half of the world population, is an important target for iron
and zinc biofortification. Current strategies mainly focus on the expression of genes for …

Iron (Fe) is one of the essential micronutrients required by both plants and animals. In
humans, Fe deficiency causes anemia, the most prevalent nutritional disorder. Most people …

Iron is essential for most living organisms, and thus iron deficiency poses a major abiotic
stress in crop production. Plants induce iron utilization systems under conditions of low iron …

Key message Iron and zinc deficiencies negatively impact human health worldwide. We
developed wheat lines that meet or exceed recommended dietary target levels for iron and …

In this report, we show that the expression of the soybean ferritin gene, driven by the
endosperm-specific glutelin promoter, leads to higher iron and zinc levels in transgenic …

Iron mobilization responses are induced by low iron supply at transcriptional level. In tomato,
the basic helix-loop-helix gene FER is required for induction of iron mobilization. Using …

To answer the question whether iron accumulation in transgenic rice seeds depends on the
expression level of exogenous soybean ferritin, we generated two kinds of ferritin hyper …

Cellular and whole organism iron homeostasis must be balanced to supply enough iron for
metabolism and to avoid excessive, toxic levels. To perform iron uptake from the …

Biofortification (increasing the contents of vitamins and minerals through plant breeding or
biotechnology) of food crops with micronutrient elements has the potential to combat …