Aquaglyceroporins: ancient channels for metalloids

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Conference object 01 Jan 2008 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Journal of Biology, volume 7, page 33 (issn: 1475-4924,

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Authors: Bhattacharjee, Hiranmoy; Mukhopadhyay, Rita; Thiyagarajan, Saravanamuthu; Rosen, Barry P;

doi: 10.1186/jbiol91

pmid: 19014407

pmc: PMC2776386

Aquaglyceroporins: ancient channels for metalloids

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Abstract

The identification of aquaglyceroporins as uptake channels for arsenic and antimony shows how these toxic elements can enter the food chain, and suggests that food plants could be genetically modified to exclude arsenic while still accumulating boron and silicon.

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Antimony, Crops, Agricultural, Food Chain, Biological Transport, Minireview, Genetic Engineering, Aquaglyceroporins, Arsenic, Plant Proteins

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