Manganese is an essential element for plants, intervening in several metabolic processes,
mainly in photosynthesis and as an enzyme antioxidant-cofactor. Nevertheless, an excess of …

Mechanism of four methods for removing hazardous heavy metal are detailed and
compared-chemical/physical remediation, animal remediation, phytoremediation and …

Intake of toxic cadmium (Cd) from rice caused Itai-itai disease in the past and it is still a
threat for human health. Therefore, control of the accumulation of Cd from soil is an …

In contrast with many other essential metals, the mechanisms of Mn acquisition in higher
eukaryotes are seldom studied and poorly understood. We show here that Arabidopsis …

Growth, in particular reorganization of the root system architecture, mineral homeostasis and
root hormone distribution were studied in Arabidopsis thaliana upon copper excess. Five …

Accumulation of heavy metals in selective locations of the environment has been attracting
considerable public attention over the last decades. The conventional clean-up technologies …

Background Plants contain relatively few cell types, each contributing a specialized role in
shaping plant function. With respect to plant nutrition, different cell types accumulate certain …

Manganese (Mn) is an essential element, acting as cofactor in numerous enzymes. In
particular, a Mn cluster is indispensable for the function of the oxygen-evolving complex of …

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play a pivotal role in post‐transcriptional regulation of gene
expression in plants. Information on miRNAs in legumes is as yet scarce. This work …

Ferroportin (Fpn) is the only known iron exporter in vertebrate cells and plays a critical role
in iron homeostasis regulating cytosolic iron levels and exporting iron to plasma …