Moving micronutrients from the soil to the seeds: genes and physiological processes from a biofortification perspective

BM Waters, RP Sankaran - Plant Science, 2011 - Elsevier
The micronutrients iron (Fe), zinc (Zn), and copper (Cu) are essential for plants and the
humans and animals that consume plants. Increasing the micronutrient density of staple …

Opportunities and feasibilities for biotechnological improvement of Zn, Cd or Ni tolerance and accumulation in plants

Z Hassan, MGM Aarts - Environmental and Experimental Botany, 2011 - Elsevier
Metals contaminate the soil when present in high concentrations causing soil and ultimately
environmental pollution.“Phytoremediation” is the use of plants to remove pollutants from …

Monoubiquitin-dependent endocytosis of the iron-regulated transporter 1 (IRT1) transporter controls iron uptake in plants

M Barberon, E Zelazny, S Robert… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - National Acad Sciences
Plants take up iron from the soil using the IRON-REGULATED TRANSPORTER 1 (IRT1)
high-affinity iron transporter at the root surface. Sophisticated regulatory mechanisms allow …

Interaction between the bHLH transcription factor FIT and ETHYLENE INSENSITIVE3/ETHYLENE INSENSITIVE3-LIKE1 reveals molecular linkage between the …

S Lingam, J Mohrbacher, T Brumbarova… - The Plant …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Understanding the regulation of key genes involved in plant iron acquisition is of crucial
importance for breeding of micronutrient-enriched crops. The basic helix-loop-helix protein …

iTRAQ protein profile analysis of Arabidopsis roots reveals new aspects critical for iron homeostasis

P Lan, W Li, TN Wen, JY Shiau, YC Wu, W Lin… - Plant …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Iron (Fe) deficiency is a major constraint for plant growth and affects the quality of edible
plant parts. To investigate the mechanisms underlying Fe homeostasis in plants, Fe …

The FRD3 Citrate Effluxer Promotes Iron Nutrition between Symplastically Disconnected Tissues throughout Arabidopsis Development

H Roschzttardtz, M Séguéla-Arnaud, JF Briat… - The Plant …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
We present data supporting a general role for FERRIC REDICTASE DEFECTIVE3 (FRD3),
an efflux transporter of the efficient iron chelator citrate, in maintaining iron homeostasis …

A new model involving ethylene, nitric oxide and Fe to explain the regulation of Fe-acquisition genes in Strategy I plants

MJ García, V Suárez, FJ Romera, E Alcántara… - Plant Physiology and …, 2011 - Elsevier
In previous work it has been shown that both ethylene and NO (nitric oxide) participate in a
similar way in the up-regulation of several Fe-acquisition genes of Arabidopsis and other …

Differential expression and regulation of iron‐regulated metal transporters in Arabidopsis halleri and Arabidopsis thaliana – the role in zinc tolerance

V Shanmugam, JC Lo, CL Wu, SL Wang… - New …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
To avoid zinc (Zn) toxicity, plants have developed a Zn homeostasis mechanism to cope with
Zn excess in the surrounding soil. In this report, we uncovered the difference of a cross …

Posttranslational regulation of the iron deficiency basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor FIT is affected by iron and nitric oxide

J Meiser, S Lingam, P Bauer - Plant Physiology, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Understanding iron (Fe) sensing and regulation is important for targeting key genes for
important nutritional traits like Fe content. The basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor FIT …

Genome‐wide association analysis identifies candidate genes associated with iron deficiency chlorosis in soybean

S Mamidi, S Chikara, RJ Goos, DL Hyten… - The Plant …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Iron deficiency chlorosis (IDC) is a significant yield‐limiting problem in several major
soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] production regions in the United States. Soybean plants …