MTP1‐dependent Zn sequestration into shoot vacuoles suggests dual roles in Zn tolerance and accumulation in Zn‐hyperaccumulating plants

JL Gustin, ME Loureiro, D Kim, G Na… - The Plant …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The integral membrane protein Thlaspi goesingense metal tolerance protein 1 (TgMTP1)
has been suggested to play an important role in Zn hyperaccumulation in T. goesingense …

[HTML][HTML] Micro-scaled high-throughput digestion of plant tissue samples for multi-elemental analysis

TH Hansen, KH Laursen, DP Persson, P Pedas… - Plant Methods, 2009 - Springer
Background Quantitative multi-elemental analysis by inductively coupled plasma (ICP)
spectrometry depends on a complete digestion of solid samples. However, fast and …

Mechanisms underlying heavy metal tolerance in arbuscular mycorrhizas

M González-Guerrero, K Benabdellah, N Ferrol… - … and ecological impact, 2009 - Springer
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi are able to tolerate a wide range of metal concentrations in
soils. A number of passive and active molecular processes are employed by these fungi to …

Rapid characterization of plant mutants with an altered ion‐profile: a case study using Lotus japonicus

Z Chen, T Watanabe, T Shinano, K Okazaki… - New …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Legumes are second only to cereals in their importance to humans, and study of their
functional genomics of nutrition and other trace elements is crucial for agricultural production …

[HTML][HTML] Interaction between Arabidopsis Ca2+/H+ exchangers CAX1 and CAX3

J Zhao, T Shigaki, H Mei, Y Guo, NH Cheng… - Journal of Biological …, 2009 - ASBMB
In plants, high capacity tonoplast cation/H+ antiport is mediated in part by a family of CAX
(cation exchanger) transporters. Functional association between CAX1 and CAX3 has …

Quantitative imaging of metals in tissues

M Ralle, S Lutsenko - Biometals, 2009 - Springer
Metals and other trace elements play an important role in many physiological processes in
all biological systems. Characterization of precise metal concentrations, their spatial …

[HTML][HTML] Functional studies of split Arabidopsis Ca2+/H+ exchangers

J Zhao, JM Connorton, YQ Guo, X Li, T Shigaki… - Journal of Biological …, 2009 - ASBMB
In plants, high capacity tonoplast cation/H+ antiport is mediated in part by a family of cation
exchanger (CAX) transporters. Functional association between CAX1 and CAX3 has …

[HTML][HTML] A Focus on Natural Variation for Abiotic Constraints Response in the Model Species Arabidopsis thaliana

V Lefebvre, SP Kiani, M Durand-Tardif - International Journal of …, 2009 - mdpi.com
Plants are particularly subject to environmental stress, as they cannot move from
unfavourable surroundings. As a consequence they have to react in situ. In any case, plants …

[HTML][HTML] Germination, mineral composition, and ion uptake in walnut under salinity conditions

N Lotfi, K Vahdati, B Kholdebarin, EN Ashrafi - HortScience, 2009 - journals.ashs.org
Walnut (J. regia L.) is one of the most sensitive plants to abiotic stresses for which finding
salt-tolerant genetic resources is very important. Effects of salt stress on seed germination of …

Element interconnections in Lotus japonicus: A systematic study of the effects of element additions on different natural variants

Z Chen, T Watanabe, T Shinano, T Ezawa… - Soil science and plant …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Lotus japonicus was used to study the distribution and interconnections of 15 elements in
plant tissues, including essential and non-essential elements: boron (B), sodium (Na) …