Plants directly assimilate minerals from the environment and thus are key for acquisition of
metals by all subsequent consumers. Limited bio-availability of copper, zinc and iron in soil …

Auxin is involved in not only plant physiological and developmental processes but also plant
responses to abiotic stresses. In this study, cadmium (Cd 2+) stress decreased the …

Multidrug and toxic compound extrusion (MATE) transporters represent a large family in
plants, but their functions are poorly understood. Here, we report the function of a rice (Oryza …

Zinc ions are required to maintain the biological activity of numerous proteins. However,
when mislocalized or accumulated in excess, Zn2+ ions are toxic because of adventitious …

Zinc is an essential mineral for a wide variety of physiological and biochemical processes.
To understand zinc transport in cereals, we identified putative zinc transporters in gene …

Iron (Fe) deficiency is a widespread nutritional disorder on calcareous soils. To identify
genes involved in the Fe deficiency response, Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) transfer …

The effects of Cd have been investigated in tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) plants grown
in a controlled environment in hydroponics, using Cd concentrations of 10 and 100μM …

Manganese (Mn) is an essential metal nutrient for plants. Recently, some of the genes
responsible for transition metal transport in plants have been identified; however, only …

SLC39 proteins are members of the broader ZIP family of metal ion transporters found in
organisms at all phylogenetic levels. Most ZIP transporters have eight predicted …

Zinc (Zn) is an essential element for the normal growth of plants but information is scarce on
the mechanisms whereby Zn is transported in rice (Oryza sativa L.) plants. Four distinct …