In:
Zeitschrift für Naturforschung C, Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Vol. 60, No. 3-4 ( 2005-4-1), p. 172-178
Abstract:
Phytoremediation of metal contaminated soils requires high-biomass plants exhibiting tolerance to and accumulation of metal contaminants. However, very little is known about the genes controlling these traits. In order to better understand this, Arabidopsis halleri ssp. halleri (L.) O’Kane and Al-Shehbaz, a naturally selected zinc and cadmium tolerant plant species capable of hyperaccumulating both metals, is a suitable model plant. To date, the scarcity of sequence information from A. halleri is still limiting its use as a model organism. Here we report 128 transcript-derived sequence fragments (TDFs) identified in a cDNAAFLP approach aimed at identifying metal-regulated transcripts in roots. In addition we show that in roots of A. halleri, transcript levels of AhPDR11, encoding an ATP-bindingcassette (ABC) transport protein, are slightly induced in response to metal exposure.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1865-7125
,
0939-5075
DOI:
10.1515/znc-2005-3-404
Language:
English
Publisher:
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Publication Date:
2005
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2078107-6
SSG:
12
