Compared to other organisms, plants have expanded families of transporters that are
involved in the uptake and efflux of metals. Fortunately, in many cases, the examination of …

The essentiality of 14 mineral elements so far have been reported in plant nutrition. Eight of
these elements were known as micronutrients due to their lower concentrations in plants …

Na+ uptake in the roots of K+‐starved seedlings of barley, rice, and wheat was found to
exhibit fast rate, low Km, and high sensitivity to K+. Sunflower plants responded in a similar …

One of the most grievous heavy metal pollutants in the environment is cadmium (Cd), which
is not only responsible for the crop yield loss owing to its phytotoxicity, but also for the …

Uptake and translocation of cations play essential roles in plant nutrition, signal
transduction, growth, and development. Among them, potassium (K+) and sodium (Na+) …

Understanding the functional connections between genes, proteins, metabolites and mineral
ions is one of biology's greatest challenges in the postgenomic era. We describe here the …

The metal hyperaccumulator Arabidopsis halleri exhibits naturally selected zinc (Zn) and
cadmium (Cd) hypertolerance and accumulates extraordinarily high Zn concentrations in its …

Nutrient sensing is critical for plant adaptation to the environment. Because of extensive
farming and erosion, low content of mineral nutrients such as potassium (K+) in soils …

Referee: Professor Alan JM Baker, School of Botany, The University of Melbourne, VIC
3010, Australia A relatively small yet diverse group of plants are capable of sequestering …

Abstract Background The Cation Diffusion Facilitator (CDF) family is a ubiquitous family of
heavy metal transporters. Much interest in this family has focused on implications for human …