Phytochelatin synthase de-regulation in Marchantia polymorpha indicates cadmium detoxification as its primary ancestral function in land plants and provides a novel visual bioindicator for detection of this metal
Mingai Li, Martina Leso, Matteo Buti, E. Bellini, Daniela Bertoldi, Alessandro Saba, Roberto Larcher, Luigi Sanità di Toppi, Claudio Varotto
Topics & Concepts
Marchantia polymorphaDetoxification (alternative medicine)CadmiumBioindicatorPhytochelatinFunction (biology)BiologyATP synthasePrimary (astronomy)ChemistryEnvironmental chemistryBotanyBiochemistryEnzymeCell biologyGenePhysicsGlutathioneMedicineAstronomyAlternative medicineOrganic chemistryPathologyPlant Stress Responses and ToleranceAluminum toxicity and tolerance in plants and animalsPlant responses to water stress