What is it about?
This paper contains a review of what is known about the mechanisms allowing some plants to take up toxic elements from the soil and water. It explains what happens inside the cells and the plant organs, at the level of genes, proteins and other compounds.
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Why is it important?
This paper contains a thorough examination of mechanisms to explain hyperaccumulation of toxic elements in plants, and in perspective it is useful to those who want to use plants to decontaminate the environment.
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This page is a summary of: Metal tolerance and hyperaccumulation: Costs and trade-offs between traits and environment, Environmental and Experimental Botany, March 2010, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2009.10.011.
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