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Trace metal metabolism in plants

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X-ray fluorescence microscopy of zinc localization in wheat grains biofortified through foliar zinc applications at different growth stages under field conditions

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Impact of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on the growth and expression of gene encoding stress protein - metallothioneinBnMT2in the non-host cropBrassica napusL.

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(2014) Lu Tang et al.   Metallomics

Isolation, molecular characterization and functional analysis of OeMT2, an olive metallothionein with a bioremediation potential

(2014) Ekrem Dundar et al.   MOLECULAR GENETICS AND GENOMICS

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(2014) Stephan Clemens   PLANT SCIENCE

Dynamics and partitioning of the ionome in seeds and germinating seedlings of winter oilseed rape

(2013) Kai Eggert et al.   Metallomics

Diversity and distribution of plant metallothioneins: a review of structure, properties and functions

(2013) Oksana I. Leszczyszyn et al.   Metallomics

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(2012) Scott Aleksander Sinclair et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH

The response of the different soybean metallothionein isoforms to cadmium intoxication

(2012) M.A. Pagani et al.   JOURNAL OF INORGANIC BIOCHEMISTRY

Barley Metallothioneins: MT3 and MT4 Are Localized in the Grain Aleurone Layer and Show Differential Zinc Binding

(2012) J. N. Hegelund et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Dynamic Changes in the Distribution of Minerals in Relation to Phytic Acid Accumulation during Rice Seed Development

(2012) T. Iwai et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

High Cadmium-Binding Ability of a NovelColocasia esculentaMetallothionein Increases Cadmium Tolerance inEscherichia coliand Tobacco

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Structural features specific to plant metallothioneins

(2011) Eva Freisinger   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

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(2011) Duncan E. K. Sutherland et al.   Metallomics

Three Brassica rapa metallothionein genes are differentially regulated under various stress conditions

(2011) Young Ock Ahn et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REPORTS

Type 4 metallothionein genes are involved in regulating Zn ion accumulation in late embryo and in controlling early seedling growth in Arabidopsis

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Metals and seeds: Biochemical and molecular implications and their significance for seed germination

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Megapixel imaging of (micro)nutrients in mature barley grains

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Characterization of a Novel Rice Metallothionein Gene Promoter: Its Tissue Specificity and Heavy Metal Responsiveness

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Zinc transfer from the embryo-specific metallothionein EC from wheat: a case study

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Plant metallothioneins - metal chelators with ROS scavenging activity?

(2010) V. H. Hassinen et al.   PLANT BIOLOGY

Expression of the seed-specific metallothionein mt4a in plant vegetative tissues increases Cu and Zn tolerance

(2010) I.D. Rodríguez-Llorente et al.   PLANT SCIENCE

The oil palm metallothionein promoter contains a novel AGTTAGG motif conferring its fruit-specific expression and is inducible by abiotic factors

(2010) Vahid Omidvar et al.   PLANTA

Soil factors associated with zinc deficiency in crops and humans

(2009) B. J. Alloway   ENVIRONMENTAL GEOCHEMISTRY AND HEALTH

Caenorhabditis elegans metallothionein isoform specificity - metal binding abilities and the role of histidine in CeMT1 and CeMT2

(2009) Roger Bofill et al.   FEBS Journal

The βE-Domain of Wheat Ec-1 Metallothionein: A Metal-Binding Domain with a Distinctive Structure

(2009) Estevão A. Peroza et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Simultaneous iron, zinc, sulfur and phosphorus speciation analysis of barley grain tissues using SEC-ICP-MS and IP-ICP-MS

(2009) Daniel P. Persson et al.   Metallomics

Functional analysis of the rice metallothionein gene OsMT2b promoter in transgenic Arabidopsis plants and rice germinated embryos

(2009) Yujun Ren et al.   PLANT SCIENCE

Plant MTs—long neglected members of the metallothionein superfamily

(2008) Eva Freisinger   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

The two distinctive metal ion binding domains of the wheat metallothionein Ec-1

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Heavy metal and abiotic stress inducible metallothionein isoforms from Prosopis juliflora (SW) D.C. show differences in binding to heavy metals in vitro

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Examining the Specific Contributions of Individual Arabidopsis Metallothioneins to Copper Distribution and Metal Tolerance

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