The metal tolerance profile of <it>Thlaspi goesingense </it>is mimicked in <it>Arabidopsis thaliana </it>heterologously expressing serine acetyl-transferase

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The Ni hyperaccumulator <it>Thlaspi goesingense </it>is tolerant to Ni ≅ Zn, ≅ Co and slightly resistant to > Cd. We previously observed that elevated glutathione, driven by constitutive activation of serine acetyltran...

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Main Authors: Freeman John L, Salt David E
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2007-11-01
Series:BMC Plant Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2229/7/63