Copper and cobalt accumulation in plants: a critical assessment of the current state of knowledge

B Lange, A van Der Ent, AJM Baker… - New …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
This review synthesizes contemporary understanding of copper–cobalt (Cu–Co) tolerance
and accumulation in plants. Accumulation of foliar Cu and Co to> 300 μg g− 1 is …

Multilevel regulation of abiotic stress responses in plants

DC Haak, T Fukao, R Grene, Z Hua, R Ivanov… - Frontiers in plant …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
The sessile lifestyle of plants requires them to cope with stresses in situ. Plants overcome
abiotic stresses by altering structure/morphology, and in some extreme conditions, by …

Heavy metals induce iron deficiency responses at different hierarchic and regulatory levels

A Le¡ ková, RFH Giehl, A Hartmann… - Plant …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
In plants, the excess of several heavy metals mimics iron (Fe) deficiency-induced chlorosis,
indicating a disturbance in Fe homeostasis. To examine the level at which heavy metals …

BRUTUS and its paralogs, BTS LIKE1 and BTS LIKE2, encode important negative regulators of the iron deficiency response in Arabidopsis thaliana

MN Hindt, GZ Akmakjian, KL Pivarski, T Punshon… - Metallomics, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Iron (Fe) is required for plant health, but it can also be toxic when present in excess.
Therefore, Fe levels must be tightly controlled. The Arabidopsis thaliana E3 ligase BRUTUS …

The Effects of the Endophytic Bacterium Pseudomonas fluorescens Sasm05 and IAA on the Plant Growth and Cadmium Uptake of Sedum alfredii Hance

B Chen, S Luo, Y Wu, J Ye, Q Wang, X Xu… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Endophytic bacteria have received attention for their ability to promote plant growth and
enhance phytoremediation, which may be attributed to their ability to produce indole-3 …

Zinc homeostasis and isotopic fractionation in plants: a review

C Caldelas, DJ Weiss - Plant and Soil, 2017 - Springer
Aims Recent advances in mass spectrometry have demonstrated that higher plants
discriminate stable Zn isotopes during uptake and translocation depending on …

Directing iron transport in dicots: regulation of iron acquisition and translocation

J Jeong, A Merkovich, M Clyne, EL Connolly - Current opinion in plant …, 2017 - Elsevier
Highlights•Plants are the main source of dietary iron, yet iron uptake by plants is limited.•Iron
acquisition and translocation are subject to fine-tuned homeostatic control.•New insight on …

Enhanced Grain Iron Levels in Rice Expressing an IRON-REGULATED METAL TRANSPORTER, NICOTIANAMINE SYNTHASE, and FERRITIN Gene Cassette

K Boonyaves, TY Wu, W Gruissem… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Micronutrient malnutrition is widespread, especially in poor populations across the globe,
and iron deficiency anemia is one of the most prevalent forms of micronutrient deficiencies …

Ionomic and transcriptomic analysis provides new insight into the distribution and transport of cadmium and arsenic in rice

X Feng, L Han, D Chao, Y Liu, Y Zhang, R Wang… - Journal of hazardous …, 2017 - Elsevier
To identify the key barrier parts and relevant elements during Cd/As transport into brown
rice, 16 elements were measured in 14 different parts of 21 rice genotypes; moreover …

Co-expression network analysis of the transcriptomes of rice roots exposed to various cadmium stresses reveals universal cadmium-responsive genes

M Tan, D Cheng, Y Yang, G Zhang, M Qin, J Chen… - BMC plant biology, 2017 - Springer
Background The migration of cadmium (Cd) from contaminated soil to rice is a cause for
concern. However, the molecular mechanism underlying the response of rice roots to …