The Escherichia coli zupT (formerly ygiE) gene encodes a cytoplasmic membrane protein
(ZupT) related to members of the eukaryotic ZIP family of divalent metal ion transporters …

The Zrt‐/Irt‐like protein (ZIP) family consists of divalent metal transporters, ubiquitous in all
kingdoms of life. Since the discovery of the first ZIPs in the 1990s, the ZIP family has been …

Plants display a number of biochemical and developmental responses to low iron
availability in order to increase iron uptake from the soil. The ferric‐chelate reductase FRO2 …

Nutritional micronutrient deficiencies and exposure to pollutant metals threaten human
health globally. Plant crops are at the beginning of a food chain that largely determines food …

Iron is an essential nutrient for plants and crucial for a variety of cellular functions. In most
soils, iron is present in large quantities, but mainly in forms that are not available to plants …

Increasing the zinc content of cereal grains will be important for improving human nutrition.
Improved plant zinc efficiency will lead to increased yields when available zinc is limiting …

Iron deficiency is one of the major agricultural problems, as 30% of the arable land of the
world is too alkaline for optimal crop production, rendering plants short of available iron …

Micronutrients malnutrition is of great public health importance in several parts of the world,
especially the developing and underdeveloped countries. It has been estimated that about 2 …

The increasing cadmium (Cd) pollution in paddy fields has severely threatened China's
ecological and food safety. Cultivation of low Cd accumulation varieties to reduce Cd …

Chloride: not simply a ‘cheap osmoticum’, but a beneficial plant macronutrient | Journal of
Experimental Botany | Oxford Academic Skip to Main Content Advertisement Oxford …