[1] Dartmouth Coll, Dept Biol Sci, Hanover, NH 03755 USA
来源:
BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES
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2000年
/
1465卷
/
1-2期
基金:
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词:
ZIP family;
iron;
zinc;
manganese;
cadmium;
D O I:
10.1016/S0005-2736(00)00138-3
中图分类号:
Q5 [生物化学];
Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号:
071010 ;
081704 ;
摘要:
Members of the ZIP gene family, a novel metal transporter family first identified in plants, are capable of transporting a variety of cations, including cadmium, iron, manganese and zinc. Information on where in the plant each of the ZIP transporters functions and how each is controlled in response to nutrient availability may allow the manipulation of plant mineral status with an eye to (1) creating food crops with enhanced mineral content, and (2) developing crops that bioaccumulate or exclude toxic metals. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.